무리

Korean

Pronunciation

IPA^(key)[muɾi]
Phonetic Hangul[무리]

Revised Romanization^?	muri
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	muli
McCune–Reischauer^?	muri
Yale Romanization^?	muli

Etymology 1

Of native Korean origin. Compare Japanese 群れ (むれ, mure, “group (of animals)”).

Noun

무리 • (muri)

group, crowd, gang, horde

Etymology 2

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 모로 (Yale: mwolwo). Seo (2000) (徐廷範, 國語語源辭典) considered this cognate with 모레 (more, “the day after tomorrow”) (as in 내일모레 (來日—, naeilmore, “the day after tomorrow”) and the 마 (ma) in 마파람 (maparam, “south wind”). He postulated that all of the above were forms in which the ancient word for "sun" (*mol) was preserved.

Noun

무리 • (muri)

halo, ring

Synonyms

고리 (gori, “ring, circle”)

Derived terms

햇무리 (haenmuri, “halo around the sun”)
달무리 (dalmuri, “halo around the moon”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 無理, from 無 (“lack”) + 理 (“reason”)

Noun

무리 • (muri) (hanja 無理)

absurdity, irrationality, unreasonableness

Derived terms

무리하다 (無理—, murihada, “absurd”)