이름
ireum · TOPIK 1
name
📛 ireum: from old verb 잃다/이르다 (to call, to say) + noun ending -ㅁ = what you are called
이름 comes from the older verb 이르다 (to tell, to call) plus the noun-making ending -ㅁ, so it literally means a calling. Sound hook: ireum sounds like 'ear-rum' — your name is the word your ear catches first.