สะระแหน่

Thai

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Etymology

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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

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Orthographicสะระแหน่
s a r a æ h n ˋ
Phonemic
สะ-ระ-แหฺน่
s a – r a – æ h ̥ n ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonsà-rá-nɛ̀ɛ
Royal Institutesa-ra-nae
(standard) IPA(key)/sa˨˩.ra˦˥.nɛː˨˩/(R)

Noun

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สะระแหน่ (sà-rá-nɛ̀ɛ)

  1. mint, lemon balm, peppermint.