Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean ᄎᆞᆷᄂᆞ믈 (Yale: chomnomul).. By surface analysis, (cham, true) +‎ 나물 (namul, greens, herbs).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chamnamul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chamnamul
McCune–Reischauer?ch'amnamul
Yale Romanization?chamnamul

Noun

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참나물 (chamnamul)

  1. Pimpinella brachycarpa, a plant in the parsley family eaten as a vegetable in Korea.