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Korean/Words/chestnut

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Korean hyponyms

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  • Korean 말밤 (malbam, "water chestnut" literally "coarse chestnut")
  • Korean 물밤 (mulbam, "water chestnut" literally "water chestnut")

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. Etymology
    Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كستانه‎ (kestane) (Turkish kestane) or German Kastanie, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kástana).
  2. Literally "flat chestnut" cf. Japanese 団栗 (donguri, literally "round chestnut").
  3. Compare Korean 구리 (guri, "copper")