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: phílì).

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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰiɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [피리]

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