고사리

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 고사리〮 (Yale: kwòsàlí).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gosari
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gosali
McCune–Reischauer?kosari
Yale Romanization?kosali

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 리의 / 고리에 / 고리까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on the second syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

고사리 (gosari)

  1. bracken, fernbrake (Pteridium aquilinum)
  2. bracken fiddlehead, used as a culinary vegetable