밤

Korean

Etymology 1

Of native Korean origin. For night.

Noun

밤 • ‎(bam) (short-voweled)

1. night, evening

Antonyms

• 낮 (nat): daytime

Derived terms

• 밤새우다 (bamsae-uda): to sit up all night

See also

낮 (nat): daytime 밤 (bam): night 새벽 (saebyeok): dawn

아침 (achim): morning 저녁 (jeonyeok): evening

오전 (ojeon): morning 오후 (ohu): afternoon

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin. For chestnut.

Noun

밤 • ‎(bam) (long-voweled)

1. chestnut

Derived terms

Terms derived from 밤

• 알밤 ‎(albam, “single chestnut”)
• 밤나무 ‎(bamnamu, “chestnut tree”)
• 밤색 ‎(bamsaek, “chestnut color, dark brown”)

• 밤송이 ‎(bamsong-i, “chestnut bur”)
• 밤톨 ‎(bamtol, “single chestnut”)
• 군밤 ‎(gunbam, “roasted chestnut”)

• 말밤 ‎(malbam, “water chestnut”)
• 날밤 ‎(nalbam, “raw, unroasted chestnut”)
• 너도밤나무 ‎(neodobamnamu, “beech”)

See also

• 마로니에 (maronie): marronnier, horse-chestnut