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˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ฉลาม • (chà-lǎam) (classifier ตัว)

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