nước Gia-ven

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of French eau de Javel (literally “Javel's water”).

Noun

bleach (chemical)

Usage notes

Among Southerners, depending on knowledge levels, some may use the Southern [j] for orthographic ⟨gi⟩ in this word, but even they would probably keep the "Northern" [n] for ⟨n⟩, instead of [ŋ].