nước Gia-ven
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of French eau de Javel (literally “Javel's water”).
Noun[edit]
- bleach (chemical)
Usage notes[edit]
Among Southerners, depending on knowledge levels, some may use the Southern [j] for orthographic ⟨gi⟩ in this word, but even they would probably keep the "Northern" [n] for ⟨n⟩, instead of [ŋ].