아비

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Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?abi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?abi
McCune–Reischauer?abi
Yale Romanization?api

Etymology 1

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 아비〮 (Yale: àpí).

Noun

아비 • (abi)

  1. Disrespectful term for another person's father.
  2. Term of address for the speaker's son who is married and has children.
  3. (archaic) father (in works dating from the 15th-17th centuries)
References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2006 December 31 (last accessed)) “아비 [abi]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2006 December 31 (last accessed)) “아비 [abi]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 阿比, from 阿 (“hill”) + 比 (“to compare”).

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Noun

아비 • (abi)

  1. (ornithology) a loon or diver; any diving bird of the family Gaviidae
  2. the red-throated loon, Gavia stellata
Derived terms
References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2006 December 31 (last accessed)) “아비 [abi]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 阿鼻, from 阿 (“hill”) + 鼻 (“nose”).

Noun

아비 • (abi)

  1. (Buddhism) a Buddhist hell, one of the eight fiery hells
Synonyms
References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2006 December 31 (last accessed)) “아비 [abi]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 衙婢, from 衙 (“public office”) + 婢 (“female servant”).

Noun

아비 • (abi) (hanja 衙婢)

  1. (archaic) a local official's informal term of address for a servant girl

References

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2006 December 31 (last accessed)) “아비 [abi]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎
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