สะระแหน่

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Thai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

สะระแหน่ (sà-rá-nɛ̀ɛ)

  1. mint, lemon balm, peppermint.