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