ชะเนียง
Thai
edible seeds of djenkol.
Alternative forms
- พะเนียง
Etymology
Possibly from Old Khmer jranyaṅ or jranyāṅ (“the tree Canthium didynum”). Compare Modern Khmer ច្រនៀង (crɑniəng), ជ្រនៀង (crɔniəng).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ชะเนียง d͡ʑ a e n ī y ŋ | |
| Phonemic | ชะ-เนียง d͡ʑ a – e n ī y ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | chá-niiang |
| Royal Institute | cha-niang | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /t͡ɕʰa˦˥.nia̯ŋ˧/ | |
Noun
ชะเนียง • (chá-niiang)
- (botany, now dialectal) djenkol, the plant, Archidendron jiringa (Jack) I.C. Nielsen, of the family Leguminosae.
Derived terms
- เนียง (niiang)