파리

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄑᆞᄅ (Yale: phal).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰa̠ɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [파리]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	pari
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	pali
McCune–Reischauer?	p'ari
Yale Romanization?	phali

Noun

파리 • (pari)

1. fly (insect)

Derived terms

• 파리채 (parichae, “flyswatter”)
• 집파리 (jip'pari, “housefly”)
• 초파리 (chopari, “Drosophilidae”)
• 쉬파리 (swipari, “flesh fly”)
• 똥파리 (ttongpari, “Scathophagidae”)
• 쇠파리 (soepari, “botfly”)
• 파리지옥 (parijiok, “Venus flytrap”)

See also

• 구더기 (gudeogi, “maggot”), maggot

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Paris

Proper noun

파리 • (Pari)

1. Paris (a capital city in France) Paris

Synonyms

• (North Korea, Yanbian dialect) 빠리 (ppari)