아리새

Korean

아리새 (golden oriole)

Alternative forms

알이새 (arisae)

Etymology

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Obsolete native Korean word.

Noun

아리새 • (arisae)

An oriole, Oriolus oriolus
(perhaps wrongly) A wagtail (Motacillidae), especially a yellow wagtail (Motacilla spp.), which resembles the oriole.

Synonyms

꾀꼬리 (kkoekkori)

창경 (鶬鶊, changgyeong)
황앵 (黃鶯, hwang'aeng)
황리 (黃鸝, hwangni)
황작 (黃鵲, hwangjak)
황조 (黃鳥, hwangjo)
황금조 (黃金鳥, hwanggeumjo)

할미새 (halmisae)

척령 (鶺鴒, cheongnyeong)

Related terms

새 (sae, “bird”)

아시새 (asisae) the sacred bird in the Oriental legend, marked by colorful feathers and beautiful songs, also known as Sino-Korean 봉 (bong) and Chinese 鳳 (feng), often identified with Phoenician phoenix and Egyptian bennu.
Golden oriole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Yellow wagtail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

꾀꼬리 (golden oriole)	까마귀 (common raven)
	까마귀 carrion crow (rear) hooded crow (front)
할미새 (Japanese wagtail)	까치 (Korean magpie)

References

Nam, Gwang-u (남광우) (1997) 교학고어사전 (敎學古語辭典), Seoul: Gyohaksa, →ISBN, page 1003

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