벌
/pɘ(ː)ɭ/
KORECE → TR
Tanım
•any kind of bee, wasp, or hornet · honey bee (Apis mellifera)
Etimoloji
First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 벌〯 (Yale: pěl). Possibly cognate with Japanese 蜂(はち) (hachi, “bee; wasp”, Old Japanese reading pati).