Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 브즈런ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: pùcùlèn-hòtá).

부지런 (bujireon) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bujireonhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bujileonhada
McCune–Reischauer?pujirŏnhada
Yale Romanization?pucilen.hata

Adjective edit

부지런하다 (bujireonhada) (infinitive 부지런해 or 부지런하여, sequential 부지런하니)

  1. to be hard-working, to be industrious
    Antonym: 게으르다 (geeureuda, to be lazy)

Conjugation edit