아비

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠bi]
• Phonetic hangul: [아비]

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)

Related terms

• 아빠 (appa)
• 아버지 (abeoji)

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2006 December 31 (last accessed)) “아비 [abi]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎^[1]
• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2006 December 31 (last accessed)) “아비 [abi]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎^[2]

Etymology 2

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

Gavia stellata

Wikispecies

Noun

아비 • (abi)

1. (ornithology) a loon or diver; any diving bird of the family Gaviidae
2. the red-throated loon, Gavia stellata

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2006 December 31 (last accessed)) “아비 [abi]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎^[3]

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

• 무간지옥(無間地獄) - Avīci (a hell with endless suffering)

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2006 December 31 (last accessed)) “아비 [abi]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎^[4]

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]‎^[5]