피리

Korean

Etymology

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

From Early Mandarin 觱篥 (bìlì, “reed wind instrument”). Doublet of 필률(觱篥) (pillyul, “reed wind instrument”), the standard Sino-Korean form.

Displaced earlier 뎧 (Yale: tyèh), itself a nativisation of 笛 (MC dek, “flute”).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?piri
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pili
McCune–Reischauer?p'iri
Yale Romanization?phili
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 피리의 / 피리에 / 피리까지

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

Noun

피리 • (piri)

  1. (music) A double reed woodwind instrument with a cylindrical bamboo body, used in the classical and folk music of Korea.
  2. (music, Western instrument) pipe
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