바다

First attested in the Yongbi eocheonga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 바ᄅᆞᆯ (Yale: palol). Also attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 바닿 (Yale: patah). Perhaps from Goguryeo 波旦 (padan). Possibly cognate with Japanese 海 (wata, “sea”).

• IPA^(key)[pa̠da̠]
• Phonetic Hangul[바다]

바다 • (bada)

1. sea; ocean
   • 나는 어니스트 헤밍웨이가 마지막으로 출판한 노인과 바다라는 책을 읽고 감명 깊었다.

     Naneun eoniseuteu heming-weiga majimageuro chulpanhan noin-gwa badaraneun chaegeul ilgo gammyeong gipeotda.

     I was impressed by The Old Man and the Sea, which was Ernest Hemingway's last book.

(noun):

• 해양 (海洋, haeyang, “ocean”)
• 대양 (大洋, daeyang, “ocean”)

(suffix):

• 해 (海, hae, “sea”)
• 양 (洋, yang, “ocean”)

• 땅 (ttang, “land”)
• 육지 (yukji, “land”)

• 바다뱀 (badabaem, “seasnake”)
• 바다색 (badasaek, “... color”)
• 바다코끼리 (badakokkiri, “[an] elephant seal”)
• 바닷가 (badatga, “seaside”)
• 바닷물고기 (badanmulgogi, “marine fish”)