สะระแหน่

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สะระแหน่

Etymology edit

Uncertain. It has been told that the term is distorted from an Italian's name "มิสเตอร์ สะระนี" (Mister Sarani) who imported the plant to Siam in the Rama III reign.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic		สะระแหน่ s a r a æ h n ˋ
Phonemic		สะ-ระ-แหฺน่ s a – r a – æ h ̥ n ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	sà-rá-nɛ̀ɛ
	Royal Institute	sa-ra-nae
(standard) IPA^(key)		/sa˨˩.ra˦˥.nɛː˨˩/^(R)

Noun edit

สะระแหน่ • (sà-rá-nɛ̀ɛ)

mint, lemon balm, peppermint.