밤

밤 U+BC24, 밤 HANGUL SYLLABLE BAM Composition: ㅂ + ㅏ + ㅁ ← 밣 [U+BC23] Hangul Syllables 밥 → [U+BC25]

바박밖밗반밙밚 받발밝밞밟밠밡 밢밣밤밥밦밧밨 방밪밫밬밭밮밯
미 ←	→ 배

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 밤〮 (Yale: pám), from earlier Old Korean 夜音 (*PAm).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠m]

  • Audio:

    (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [밤]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bam
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bam
McCune–Reischauer?	pam
Yale Romanization?	pam

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 밤의 / 밤에 / 밤까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

밤 • (bam)

1. night

   Antonym: 낮 (nat, “daytime”)

   • 2013, Jun Hae Seong, “MY LOVE”, in MY LOVE, performed by Lee Seung-chul, 11th album:

     밤의 달빛이 어울려요.

     Bamui dalbich-i eoullyeoyo.

     The moonshine of the night is better [than the sunshine of the morning].

Derived terms

• 가을밤 (ga'eulbam, “autumn night”)
• 간밤 (ganbam, “last night”)
• 겨울밤 (gyeoulbam, “winter night”)
• 날밤 (nalbam, “night spent awake”)
• 달밤 (dalbam, “moonlit night”)
• 밤공기(空氣) (bamgonggi, “night air”)
• 밤길 (bamgil, “night road”)
• 밤낮 (bamnat, “day and night”)
• 밤눈 (bamnun, “night vision”)
• 밤늦다 (bamneutda, “late at night”)
• 밤바다 (bambada, “night sea”)
• 밤바람 (bambaram, “night breeze”)
• 밤빛 (bambit, “night light”)
• 밤사이 (bamsai, “overnight”)
• 밤새 (bamsae, “all night; nocturnal bird”)
• 밤새다 (bamsaeda, “to stay up all night”)
• 밤새우다 (bamsae'uda, “to sit up awake all night”)
• 밤샘 (bamsaem, “all-night vigil”)
• 밤일 (bamil, “night work”)
• 밤잠 (bamjam, “night sleep”)
• 밤중(中) (bamjung, “midnight”)
• 밤하늘 (bamhaneul, “night sky”)
• 별밤 (byeolbam, “starry night”)
• 봄밤 (bombam, “spring night”)
• 야(夜)밤 (yabam, “midnight, late at night”)
• 어젯밤 (eojetbam, “last night”)
• 여름밤 (yeoreumbam, “summer night”)
• 온밤 (onbam, “the whole night, all night”)
• 하룻밤 (harutbam, “one night”)
• 한밤 (hanbam, “midnight, middle of the night”)

See also

• 夜 (ya), the hanja for "night"

Etymology 2

밤 (bam, “chestnut”).

First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 밤〯 (Yale: pǎm).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠(ː)m]

  • Audio:

    (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [밤(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bam
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bam
McCune–Reischauer?	pam
Yale Romanization?	pām

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 밤의 / 밤에 / 밤까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

Noun

밤 • (bam) (counter 톨)

1. chestnut

   Hypernym: 견과(堅果) (gyeon'gwa, “nut”)

Derived terms

• 군밤 (gunbam, “roasted chestnut”)
• 날밤 (nalbam, “chestnut peel”)
• 너도밤 (neodobam, “beech nut”)
• 너도밤나무 (neodobamnamu, “beech tree”)
• 밤고구마 (bamgoguma, “chestnut sweet potato”)
• 밤꽃 (bamkkot, “chestnut blossom”)
• 밤나무 (bamnamu, “chestnut tree”)
• 밤색(色) (bamsaek, “chestnut color”)
• 밤송이 (bamsong'i, “chestnut burr”)
• 밤알 (bamal, “chestnut”)
• 밤톨 (bamtol, “chestnut”)
• 알밤 (albam, “chestnut”)

Related terms

• 마름 (mareum, “water chestnut”)

See also

• 栗 (yul), the hanja for "chestnut"

Middle Korean

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pám/

Noun

밤〮 (pám) (locative 바ᄆᆡ〮 (pàm-óy))

1. night

Descendants

• Korean: 밤 (bam)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǎm/

Noun

밤〯 (pǎm) (locative 바〯매〮 (pǎm-áy))

1. chestnut

Descendants

• Korean: 밤 (bam)