대가리
/tɛɡa̠ɾi/
KORECE → TR
Tanım
•head of an animal · head of a person · boss
Etimoloji
First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄃᆡ골 (Yale: tòykwòl). The noun suffix -이 (-i) was later attached. The word is generally considered a compound, but the etymology is not fully clear. The second component is probably 골 (gol, “brain”). For the first element, compare Jeju 데멩이 (demeng'i, “head”), Jeolla dialect 대망 (daemang, “forehead”), and beyond Korean, Chinese…