มะเร็ง

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Thai

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Malay merengsa (irritant; incurable, obstinate, unhealable).[1][2] Compare Khmer ម្រេញ (mrɨñ, cancer; ulcer).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicมะเร็ง
m a e r ˘ ŋ
Phonemic
มะ-เร็ง
m a – e r ˘ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonmá-reng
Royal Institutema-reng
(standard) IPA(key)/ma˦˥.reŋ˧/(R)

Noun

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มะเร็ง (má-reng)

  1. (pathology) cancer.

Descendants

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  • Lao: ມະເຮັງ (ma heng)

References

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