Bokkeumbap
/ˈbɒk.əm.bæp/noun
A Korean dish of rice stir-fried with vegetables, meat, eggs, or other ingredients.
Did you know?The second element, bap, originally referred to cooked rice and remains alive in English food names such as bibimbap and gimbap.
Etymological Timeline
Middle Korean
Korean
밥 (pap)
“Cooked rice; later, a meal or food in general”
Middle Korean
Korean
볶다 (pokta)
“To stir-fry or roast by tossing food in a pan”
Modern Korean
Korean
볶음 (pokkeum)
“Stir-frying; a stir-fried dish, formed from 볶다”
Modern Korean
Korean
볶음밥 (bokkeumbap)
“Stir-fried rice”
20th–21st Century
English
bokkeumbap
“An English loanword for the Korean stir-fried rice dish”