벼랑

Etymology
See the Korean entry.

Noun

 * 1) cliff, precipice

Etymology
In its modern form,

Ancestral Middle Korean form is  a toponym. Alternatively, These two forms demonstrate that the pre-15c. form was probably *pyolok, though this is uncertain.

Further, the form above—and by extension this modern form—can be understood as being equivalent to either  or. Unfortunately, the sparse attestation of these forms makes it difficult to ascertain when this derivation happened.

Compare 🇨🇬,, with the same meaning.

Possibly cognate with 🇨🇬, which is proposed to be a loan from Old Korean. See the entry for more information.

Noun

 * 1) cliff, precipice