ฉลาม

Thai

Etymology

Possibly from Khmer ឆ្លាម (chlaam, “the shark Carcharias hemiodon”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ฉลาม t͡ɕʰ l ā m
Phonemic		ฉะ-หฺลาม t͡ɕʰ a – h ̥ l ā m
Romanization	Paiboon	chà-lǎam
	Royal Institute	cha-lam
(standard) IPA^(key)		/t͡ɕʰa˨˩.laːm˩˩˦/

Noun

ฉลาม • (chà-lǎam) (classifier ตัว)

(ปลา~) (zoology) mackerel shark: any marine fish of the order Lamniformes.
(ปลา~) any shark.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.