# 밤

| 밤 | U+BC24, &#48164; HANGUL SYLLABLE BAM |
| Composition: | ㅂ + ㅏ + ㅁ |
| ← 밣 [U+BC23] | Hangul Syllables | 밥 → [U+BC25] |
바박밖밗반밙밚 받발밝밞밟밠밡 밢밣밤밥밦밧밨 방밪밫밬밭밮밯 :
| 미 ← | → 배 |

## Korean
### Etymology 1

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 밤〮 (Yale: pám), from earlier Old Korean 夜音 (*PAm).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [pa̠m]
** Audio:(file)
* Phonetic hangul: [밤]
* South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 밤의 / 밤에 / 밤까지Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

#### Noun

밤 • (bam)
* night
    Antonym: 낮 (nat, “daytime”)
** 2013, Jun Hae Seong (lyrics and music), “MY LOVE”, in MY LOVE, performed by Lee Seung-chul, 11th album:밤의 달빛이 어울려요.Bamui dalbich-i eoullyeoyo.The moonshine of the night is better [than the sunshine of the morning].

##### Derived terms

* 가을밤 (ga'eulbam, “autumn night”)
* 간밤 (ganbam, “last night”)
* 겨울밤 (gyeoulbam, “winter night”)
* 날밤 (nalbam, “night spent awake”)
* 달밤 (dalbam, “moonlit night”)
* 밤공기(空氣) (bamgonggi, “night air”)
* 밤길 (bamgil, “night road”)
* 밤낮 (bamnat, “day and night”)
* 밤눈 (bamnun, “night vision”)
* 밤늦다 (bamneutda, “late at night”)
* 밤바다 (bambada, “night sea”)
* 밤바람 (bambaram, “night breeze”)
* 밤빛 (bambit, “night light”)
* 밤사이 (bamsai, “overnight”)
* 밤새 (bamsae, “all night; nocturnal bird”)
* 밤새다 (bamsaeda, “to stay up all night”)
* 밤새우다 (bamsae'uda, “to sit up awake all night”)
* 밤샘 (bamsaem, “all-night vigil”)
* 밤일 (bamil, “night work”)
* 밤잠 (bamjam, “night sleep”)
* 밤중(中) (bamjung, “midnight”)
* 밤하늘 (bamhaneul, “night sky”)
* 별밤 (byeolbam, “starry night”)
* 봄밤 (bombam, “spring night”)
* 야(夜)밤 (yabam, “midnight, late at night”)
* 어젯밤 (eojetbam, “last night”)
* 여름밤 (yeoreumbam, “summer night”)
* 온밤 (onbam, “the whole night, all night”)
* 하룻밤 (harutbam, “one night”)
* 한밤 (hanbam, “midnight, middle of the night”)

##### See also

* 夜 (ya), the hanja for "night"

### Etymology 2

First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 밤〯 (Yale: pǎm).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [pa̠(ː)m]
** Audio:(file)
* Phonetic hangul: [밤(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
* South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 밤의 / 밤에 / 밤까지Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

#### Noun

밤 • (bam) (counter 톨)
* chestnut
    Hypernym: 견과(堅果) (gyeon'gwa, “nut”)

##### Derived terms

* 군밤 (gunbam, “roasted chestnut”)
* 날밤 (nalbam, “chestnut peel”)
* 너도밤 (neodobam, “beech nut”)
* 너도밤나무 (neodobamnamu, “beech tree”)
* 밤고구마 (bamgoguma, “chestnut sweet potato”)
* 밤꽃 (bamkkot, “chestnut blossom”)
* 밤나무 (bamnamu, “chestnut tree”)
* 밤색(色) (bamsaek, “chestnut color”)
* 밤송이 (bamsong'i, “chestnut burr”)
* 밤알 (bamal, “chestnut”)
* 밤톨 (bamtol, “chestnut”)
* 알밤 (albam, “chestnut”)

##### Related terms

* 마름 (mareum, “water chestnut”)

##### See also

* 栗 (yul), the hanja for "chestnut"

## Middle Korean
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pám/

#### Noun

밤〮 (pám) (locative 바ᄆᆡ〮 (pàm-óy))
* night

##### Descendants

* Korean: 밤 (bam)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pǎm/

#### Noun

밤〯 (pǎm) (locative 바〯매〮 (pǎm-áy))
* chestnut

##### Descendants

* Korean: 밤 (bam)