ฉลาม
Thai
Etymology
Possibly borrowed 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˩˩˦/(R) | |
Noun
ฉลาม • (chà-lǎam) (classifier ตัว)
- (ปลา~) mackerel shark: any marine fish of the order Lamniformes.
- (ปลา~) any shark.
Derived terms
- ฉลามปากเป็ด (chà-lǎam-bpàak-bpèt)
- ปากฉลาม
Further reading
- “ฉลาม” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.