ชะมด

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ชะมด d͡ʑ a m ɗ
Phonemic		ชะ-มด d͡ʑ a – m ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	chá-mót
	Royal Institute	cha-mot
(standard) IPA(key)		/t͡ɕʰa˦˥.mot̚˦˥/(R)

Etymology 1

Possibly from Arabic زَبَاد (zabād) (which is far cognate to English civet).

Noun

ชะมด • (chá-mót) (classifier ตัว)

1. civet.

Descendants

• → Lao: ຊະມົດ (sa mot)

Etymology 2

Noun

ชะมด • (chá-mót) (classifier ตัว)

1. (กวาง~) musk deer.