길거리

Korean

Etymology

길 (gil, “street”) +‎ ㅅ (-s-, genitive interfix; omitted from the spelling, but this causes the tense phonation of the following consonant) +‎ 거리 (geori, “street”).

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 긼〮거리〮 (Yale: kíl-s-kèlí).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kiɭk͈ʌ̹ɾi]
Phonetic hangul: [길꺼리]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gilgeori
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gilgeoli
McCune–Reischauer^?	kilkŏri
Yale Romanization^?	kilqkeli

Noun

길거리 • (gilgeori)

a thoroughfare; a busy street

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