거ᇫᄫᅡᅀᅵ
Middle Korean
Etymology
Possibly from 乞 (KÉL, “beggar”) + -ㅅ (-s, genitive) + -바ᅀᅵ (-pazi, “suffix for profession”).
Pronunciation
- (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽kɘ̀zβàzí⫽
Noun
거ᇫᄫᅡᅀᅵ〮 (kèzWàzí)
Alternative forms
- 것ᄫᅡᅀᅵ (kesWazi)
- 거ᇫ워ᅀᅵ (kezwezi, “after 1480s”)
Descendants
- Early Modern Korean: 거어지 (keeci)
- Korean: 거지 (geoji)