돌팔이

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Korean

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Etymology

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돌— (dol-, to wander) +‎ 팔— (pal-, to sell) +‎ (-i, noun-deriving suffix).

The original sense is possibly archaic, and a folk etymology now claims that the first element is (dol, “stone”), with the idea that a charlatan is someone who sells stones pretending that they are something else.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈto̞(ː)ɭpʰa̠ɾi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dolpari
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dolpal'i
McCune–Reischauer?tolp'ari
Yale Romanization?tōl.phal.i

Noun

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돌팔이 (dolpari)

  1. (dated, possibly archaic) a wandering salesman
  2. a charlatan
  3. (military slang) a medical student drafted as an army physician, who is inexperienced and generally lacks medical expertise