어스름

Jeju

Etymology

Cognate with Middle Korean 어ᅀᅳ름 (èzùlùm) and Korean 어스름 (eoseureum), likely from a substantive of an unattested adjective, as exemplified in dialectal 어슬먹 (eoseulmeok).

어스름

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽əsɨlɨm⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [əsʰɨɾɨm]
• Phonetic hangul: [어스름]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eoseureum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eoseuleum
Yale Romanization?	esulum

Noun

어스름 (eoseureum)

1. dusk, twilight, dimness

Alternative forms

• (Bonseong) 어스럼 (eoseureom)
• (Inseong, Nohyeong, Josu) 어슬먹 (eoseulmeok)

Derived terms

• 어스름새벨 (eoseureumsaebel)
• 어스름오름 (eoseureumoreum)

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 어ᅀᅳ름 (Yale: èzùlùm).

Also attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 어ᅀᆞ름 (Yale: èzòlùm).

Probably a substantive form of an unattested adjective. Related to Korean 어슬하다 (eoseulhada), 어스레하다 (eoseurehada) and Jeju 어스름 (eoseureum), 어스럼 (eoseureom).

어스름

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ʌ̹sʰɯɾɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [어스름]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eoseureum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eoseuleum
McCune–Reischauer?	ŏsŭrŭm
Yale Romanization?	esulum

Noun

어스름 • (eoseureum)

1. dusk, dimness

Derived terms

• 어스름하다 (eoseureumhada)
• 어스름히 (eoseureumhi)
• 어스름밤 (eoseureumbam)

See also

• 황혼 (hwanghon)
• 땅거미 (ttanggeomi)