nước Gia-ven
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].