nghệ

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See also: nghe, nghé, nghê, and nghề

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from (ability). Compare the non-Sino-Vietnamese reading nghề.

Romanization

nghệ

  1. occupation, employment, trade, profession
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia vi

From Proto-Vietic *ŋɛːlʔ (turmeric). Compare Proto-Kra *C-ŋil C ("yellow").

Noun

(classifier cây, củ) nghệ (, )

  1. turmeric
See also