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It is a compound of the word 병; 病; byeong, meaning "of disease" or "diseased", and the word 신; 身; sin, a word meaning "body" originating from the Chinese character. This word originally refers to disabled individuals, but in modern Korean is commonly used as an insult with meanings varying contextually from "jerk" to "dumbass" or "dickhead"
Bhāṣā (or one of its derived forms) is the word for "language" in many South and Southeast Asian languages, which derives from the Sanskrit word bhāṣā (भाषा) meaning "speech" or "spoken language". In transliteration from Sanskrit or Pali, bhasa may also be spelled bhasa, basa, or phasa.
It would qualify as English slang, like something that would be defined in Urban Dictionary. We need some linguists here for articles like this. A transliteration does not become an English word unil it gains widespread use and acceptance. Tofu (Japanese, from Chinese) is an example. It's not dooboo (from Korean) or doufu (from Chinese).
Korean is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. [a] [1] [3] It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea.In the north, the language is known as Chosŏnŏ (North Korean: 조선어) and in the south, its known as Hangugeo (South Korean: 한국어).
The compilation of Standard Korean Language Dictionary was commenced on 1 January 1992, by The National Academy of the Korean Language, the predecessor of the National Institute of Korean Language. [1] The dictionary's first edition was published in three volumes on 9 October 1999, followed by the compact disc released on 9 October 2001. [2 ...
Kisaeng (Korean: 기생; Hanja: 妓生; RR: Gisaeng), also called ginyeo (기녀; 妓女), were enslaved women from outcast or enslaved families who were trained to be courtesans, providing artistic entertainment and conversation to men of upper class.
'Korean Stick') is a Chinese slang term, [1] with a long history of being used as an ethnic slur for Koreans. [2] The term gaoli (高麗) refers to the ancient Korean dynasty Goryeo, while bangzi (棒子) means 'Stick'. It is used synonymously with han bangzi (韓棒子) or simply bangzi (棒子).
The slang noun kkondae was originally used by students and teenagers to refer to older people such as fathers and teachers. [1] Recently, however, the word has been used to refer to a boss or an older person who does so-called kkondae-jil (acting like a kkondae, in the Korean language ), that forces the former's outdated way of thinking onto ...