헷말

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Korean

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Etymology

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Compare 헛말 (heonmal, false, baseless statement), from (heot-, false; in vain) +‎ (mal, word; speech).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?henmal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hesmal
McCune–Reischauer?henmal
Yale Romanization?heysmal

Noun

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헷말 (henmal)

  1. (Russia) a lie; a false statement