ฉลาม

Thai

Etymology

Possibly from Khmer ឆ្លាម (chlaam, “the shark Carcharias hemiodon”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicฉลาม
t͡ɕʰ l ā m
Phonemic
ฉะ-หฺลาม
t͡ɕʰ a – h ̥ l ā m
RomanizationPaiboonchà-lǎam
Royal Institutecha-lam
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰa˨˩.laːm˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ฉลาม • (chà-lǎam) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (ปลา~) mackerel shark: any marine fish of the order Lamniformes.
  2. (ปลา~) any shark.

Derived terms

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