# 달

| 달 | U+B2EC, &#45804; HANGUL SYLLABLE DAL |
| Composition: | ㄷ + ㅏ + ㄹ |
| ← 닫 [U+B2EB] | Hangul Syllables | 닭 → [U+B2ED] |
다닥닦닧단닩닪 닫달닭닮닯닰닱 닲닳담답닶닷닸 당닺닻닼닽닾닿 :
| 니 ← | → 대 |

## Korean
### Etymology 1

In the hangul script, first attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄃᆞᆯ〮 (Yale: tól). Ultimately from Old Korean 月羅理 (Yale: *TOlal-i, where the -i is believed to be the nominative marker).

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

달 • (dal)
* (astronomy) moon; the Moon
* month
    Synonyms: 개월(個月) (gaewol); 월(月) (wol)
* (tarot) The Moon (Tarot card)

##### Derived terms

* 내달 (naedal, “next month”)
* 달님 (dallim, “(formal) the Moon”)
* 달밤 (dalbam, “(poetic) moonlit night”)
* 달빛 (dalbit, “moonlight”)
* 매달 (maedal, “every month”)
* 반달 (bandal, “half-moon”)
* 보름달 (boreumdal, “full moon”)
* 섣달 (seotdal, “(lunar calendar) the twelfth month”)
* 이달 (idal, “this month”)
* 전달 (jeondal, “last month”)
* 지난달 (jinandal, “last month”)
* 훗달 (hutdal, “the following month”)

##### See also

* 해 (hae, “the Sun”)
* 月 (wol), the hanja for month and moon
Solar System in Korean · 태양계 (layout · text) :
| Star | 태양 | 태양 | 태양 | 태양 | 태양 | 태양 | 태양 | 태양 | 태양 | 태양 | 태양 | 태양 | 태양 | 태양 | 태양 | 태양 | 태양 | 태양 |
| IAU planets and notable dwarf planets | 수성 | 금성 | 지구 | 화성 | 세레스 | 목성 | 토성 | 천왕성 | 해왕성 | 명왕성 | 에리스 |
| Notable moons | — | — | 달 | 포보스 데이모스 | — | 이오 유로파 가니메데 칼리스토 | 미마스 엔셀라두스 테티스 디오네 레아 타이탄 이아페투스 | 미란다 아리엘 움브리엘 티타니아 오베론 | 트리톤 | 카론 | 디스노미아 |
Gregorian calendar months in Korean · 달 (dal) (layout · text) :
| January | February | March | April |
| 일월 (irwol) | 이월 (iwol) | 삼월 (samwol) | 사월 (sawol) |
| May | June | July | August |
| 오월 (owol) | 유월 (yuwol) | 칠월 (chirwol) | 팔월 (parwol) |
| September | October | November | December |
| 구월 (guwol) | 시월 (siwol) | 십일월 (sibirwol) | 십이월 (sibiwol) |

### Etymology 2

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 달〯 (Yale: tǎl).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ta̠(ː)ɭ]
** Audio:(file)
* Phonetic hangul: [달(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Noun

달 • (dal)
* the common reed (Phragmites communis)

##### Derived terms

* 달뿌리풀 (dalppuripul)

### Etymology 3

Compare Manchu ᡨᡠᠸᠠ (tuwa, “fire”).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ta̠ɭ]
** Audio:(file)
* Phonetic hangul: [달]

#### Noun

달 • (dal)
* (ginseng-harvesters' cant) fire
    Synonym: (non-cant) 불 (bul)
* (ginseng-harvesters' cant) match
    Synonym: (non-cant) 성냥 (seongnyang)

##### Alternative forms

* 다알 (daal), 딸 (ttal)

### Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

#### Syllable

달 • (dal)
* 達: to reach; achieve
    (eumhun reading: 통달할 달 (tongdalhal dal)) (MC reading: 達 (MC that|dat))
* 撻:
    (MC reading: 撻 (MC that))
* 獺: otter
    (eumhun reading: 수달 달 (sudal dal)) (MC reading: 獺 (MC that|trhaet))
* 疸:
    (MC reading: 疸 (MC tanX|tanH))
* 澾:
    (MC reading: 澾 (MC that))
* 妲:
    (MC reading: 妲 (MC tat))
* 怛:
    (MC reading: 怛 (MC tat))
* 闥:
    (MC reading: 闥 (MC that))
* 靼:
    (MC reading: 靼 (MC tat|tsyet))