마파람

Korean

Etymology

Equivalent to 마 (ma, “south”) +‎ 바람 (baram, “wind”). The aspiration in the second syllable suggests that in Middle Korean, the first component had a final /h/ as in *맣 (*mah).

Thus possibly from 맣〮 (máh, “monsoon”) +‎ ᄇᆞᄅᆞᆷ (pòlòm, “wind”) as in the wind that brings the monsoon, although this usage is not attested in the Middle Korean corpus.

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Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ma̠pʰa̠ɾa̠m]
Phonetic hangul: [마파람]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	maparam
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	mapalam
McCune–Reischauer^?	map'aram
Yale Romanization^?	ma.phalam

Noun

마파람 • (maparam)

(obsolete or sailors' jargon) south wind
Synonym: (general) 남풍(南風) (nampung)