ฉลาม
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Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Khmer ឆ្លាម (chlaam, “the shark Carcharias hemiodon”).
Pronunciation
[edit]| 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
[edit]ฉลาม • (chà-lǎam) (classifier ตัว)
- (ปลา~) mackerel shark: any marine fish of the order Lamniformes.
- (ปลา~) any shark.