거지

Etymology
The forms  and, which are clearly cognate to but cannot be directly descended from the Middle Korean form (which show later inter-sonorant lenition of  and  to  and ), implies that the first element was derived from Sino-Korean.

The intermediary Middle Korean form is attested in the later fifteenth century. The first was regularly deleted sometime in the sixteenth century, while the second underwent an irregular fortition to, producing the Early Modern forms  and. These coalesced into towards the end of the nineteenth century.

Noun

 * 1) beggar
 * 2)  blighter; jerk