메아리

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 뫼〯ᅀᅡ리〮 (Yale: mwǒyzàlí), etymologically equivalent to modern 메 살— (me sal-, “to live in the mountains”) +‎ 이 (-i, agentive noun-deriving suffix), but never perceived as such by modern speakers.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [me̞a̠ɾi]
Phonetic hangul: [메아리]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	meari
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	meali
McCune–Reischauer^?	meari
Yale Romanization^?	mey.ali

Noun

메아리 • (meari)

echo (a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer)

Synonyms

산울림 (山—, sanullim)