올해

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 올ᄒᆡ〮 (Yale: wòlhóy), equivalent to 옳 (Yale: wòlh, “this year”) + ᄋᆡ〮 (Yale: -óy, locative particle mistakenly reanalyzed as part of the noun).

The original word survives as modern 올 (ol). Etymologically unrelated to 오다 (oda, “to come”) and 해 (hae, “year”), but sometimes mistakenly analyzed by folk etymology as such.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [o̞ɾɦɛ] ~ [o̞ɾɦe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [올해/올헤]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	olhae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	olhae
McCune–Reischauer?	orhae
Yale Romanization?	ol.hay

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 올해의 / 올해에 / 올해까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

올해 • (olhae)

1. the current year, this year

   Synonym: 금년(今年) (geumnyeon)