놈

놈	U+B188, 놈 HANGUL SYLLABLE NOM

Composition:

ㄴ + ㅗ + ㅁ

← 놇
[U+B187]

Hangul Syllables

놉 →
[U+B189]

녜 ←	→ 놔
노 녹 녺 녻 논 녽 녾 녿 놀 놁 놂 놃 놄 놅 놆 놇놈놉 놊 놋 놌 농 놎 놏 놐 놑 높 놓

Korean

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [no̞m]
Phonetic hangul: [놈]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	nom
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	nom
McCune–Reischauer^?	nom
Yale Romanization^?	nom

Etymology 1

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋しゃく譜ふ詳しょう節ぶし / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 놈 (Yale: nwom). The primary meaning shifted from "person" (of any gender) to a more disparaging "bastard" only used for men. From Old Korean 者もの音おん (*NWOm).

Noun

놈 • (nom)

(vulgar, sometimes offensive, sometimes referring specifically to males) bastard
Synonym: 녀석 (nyeoseok)

Coordinate term: 년 (nyeon)
(endearing) kid, boy (from an older perspective)
Synonyms: 녀석 (nyeoseok), 자식 (jasik)

Derived terms

잡(雜ざつ)놈 (jamnom, “dissolute fellow”)

Etymology 2

See 남 (nam).

Noun

놈 • (nom)

Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Gangwon, Hwanghae, Pyongan, and Hamgyong form of 남 (nam, “other person, stranger”)
- 1979 June 13, 김치열, “삼부자 곰잡듯 한다”, in 한국구비문학대계‎^[1], 평안남도 평양시 기림리 (현 평양직할시 모란봉구역 개선동):
  ...사우 는 도망갔 드래. 그러 니까 사우 는 놈이다.
  ...Sau-neun domanggat-deurae. Geureo-nikka sau-neun nomida.
  ...but his son-in-law had apparently run away. Therefore sons-in-law are like strangers.