Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Pali marica, from Sanskrit मरिच (marica, black pepper). Compare Baluchi مرچ (mirc), Hindi मिर्च (mirc), Kyrgyz мурч (murc), Urdu مرچ (mirc), Uzbek murch.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ម្រេច
m̥rec
WT romanisation mrɨc
(standard) IPA(key) /mrɨc/

Noun edit

ម្រេច (mrɨc)

  1. black pepper (Piper nigrum)