메아리

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 뫼〯ᅀᅡ리〮 (Yale: mwǒyzàlí), etymologically equivalent to modern 메 살— (me sal-, “to live in the mountains”) +‎ -이 (-i, agentive noun-deriving suffix), but never perceived as such by modern speakers.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?meari
Revised Romanization (translit.)?meali
McCune–Reischauer?meari
Yale Romanization?mey.ali

Noun

메아리 • (meari)

  1. echo (a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer)
    Synonyms: 에코 (eko), 산올림 (sanollim), 산명(山鳴) (sanmyeong)
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