ชะเนียง

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Thai[edit]

edible seeds of djenkol.

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Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Old Khmer jranyaṅ or jranyāṅ (the tree Canthium didynum). Compare Modern Khmer ច្រនៀង (crɑniəng), ជ្រនៀង (crɔniəng).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicชะเนียง
d͡ʑ a e n ī y ŋ
Phonemic
ชะ-เนียง
d͡ʑ a – e n ī y ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonchá-niiang
Royal Institutecha-niang
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰa˦˥.nia̯ŋ˧/(R)

Noun[edit]

ชะเนียง (chá-niiang)

  1. (botany, now dialectal) djenkol, the plants Archidendron pauciflorum or Archidendron jiringa (Jack) I.C. Nielsen), of the family Leguminosae.

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