야밤

Korean

Etymology

From 야(夜) (ya, “night”, Sino-Korean morpheme) +‎ 밤 (bam, “night”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈja̠(ː)ba̠m]
• Phonetic hangul: [야(ː)밤]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yabam
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yabam
McCune–Reischauer?	yabam
Yale Romanization?	yāpam

Noun

야밤 • (yabam)

1. midnight, dead of night, late night

   Synonyms: 밤중 (bamjung), 한밤 (hanbam)