시름
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 시름〮 (Yale: sìlúm). Perhaps related to 서럽다 (seoreopda). From Old Korean 憂音 (*SILUm).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɕʰiɾɯm]
- Phonetic hangul: [시름]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | sireum |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sileum |
| McCune–Reischauer? | sirŭm |
| Yale Romanization? | silum |
Noun
[edit]시름 • (sireum)
- sorrow; grief; anxiety; a persistent melancholic feeling
- c. 1790, 樂學拾零 (Akhak Seumnyeong) [Tidbits of the Musical Sciences]:
- 술은언ᄌᆡ나고시름은언ᄌᆡ난지 / 술나고시름난지시름난後술이난지 / 아마도술이난後에시름난가ᄒᆞ노라
- sur-eun eonjae nago sireum-eun eonjae nanji / sul nago sireum nanji sireum nan hu sur-inanji / amado sur-i nan hu-e sireum nan'ga hanora
- I wonder: when came the liquor, and when came the sorrow? / Did the sorrow come after the liquor? Did the liquor come after the sorrow? / Probably, it is after the liquor that the sorrow came.