아리새

Korean

아리새 (golden oriole)

Alternative forms

• 알이새 (arisae)

Etymology

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Obsolete native Korean word.

Noun

아리새 • (arisae)

1. An oriole, Oriolus oriolus
2. (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”)

See also

• 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