nghệ
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 藝 (“ability”). Compare the non-Sino-Vietnamese reading nghề.
Romanization
nghệ
Derived terms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Vietic *ŋɛːlʔ (“turmeric”). Compare Proto-Kra *C-ŋil C ("yellow").
Noun
(classifier cây, củ) nghệ • (乂, 艾)
See also
- nghệ tây (“saffron”)