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Vietnamese
Etymology
From a neighbour language, most likely Khmer ទុរេន (turein), ultimately from Malay durian.
According to folk etymology, from sầu (“sorrow”) + riêng (“private”), literally “one's own sorrow”. Durian was named sầu riêng after an ancient commemorative love story from the Tây Sơn dynasty, in which a man that stayed faithful to his wife after death and had a strong memory of both eating the stinky-but-delicious tu-rên (durian) that represented their love at first sight.
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier cây, trái, quả) sầu riêng
- durian
Phạm Hổ, Sầu riêng [Durian]:Nhà ai vừa chín quả đầu.
Đã nghe gió thổi vườn sau thơm lừng.
Lá chiều khép ngủ ung dung
Để cùng dậy với tưng bừng nắng mai.
Vàng thơm sau lớp vỏ gai
Múi to, mật ngọt cho ai thỏa lòng.
Mời cô, mời bác ăn cùng
Sầu riêng mà hóa vui chung trăm nhà.- Who's got some freshly ripe fruit?
Smellin' the delicious aroma carried by the wind.
Evening leaves were sleepin' cavalierly
Just to rise awoken with tomorrow's jubilant sunshine.
Hidden, yellowish and fragrant, under those thorny husks
Big bundles of flesh, just like pleasant honey.
Please join the party, everybody
"One's sorrow" (durian) turns out to be all's joy.