ชมพู่

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See also: ชมพู

Southern Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Malay jambu (as in jambu batu, jambu biji).

Noun

ชมพู่ (transliteration needed)

  1. guava.

Thai

ชมพู่น้ำดอกไม้, Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston.
ชมพู่แก้มแหม่ม, Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. et L. M. Perry var. samarangense.
ชมพู่สาแหรก, Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. et L. M. Perry.

Etymology

From Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu) or जम्बू (jambū, jambul). Compare Old Khmer ជម្វូ (jamvū, rose apple); Modern Khmer ជម្ពូ (cumpuu, rose apple). Doublet of ชมพู (chom-puu) (both etyma).

Pronunciation

Orthographicชมพู่
d͡ʑ m b ū ˋ
Phonemic
ชม-พู่
d͡ʑ m – b ū ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonchom-pûu
Royal Institutechom-phu
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰom˧.pʰuː˥˩/(R)
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Noun

ชมพู่ (chom-pûu)

  1. (botany) any of various plants of the genus Syzygium, the family Myrtaceae, many of which are known as rose apple.
  2. (botany) edible fruit of any of those plant.