จะเข้

Thai

Etymology

From จระเข้ (jɔɔ-rá-kêe, “crocodile”).

Pronunciation
Orthographicจะเข้
t͡ɕ a e kʰ ˆ
Phonemicจะ-เค่
t͡ɕ a – e g ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonjà-kêe
Royal Institutecha-khe
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕa˨˩.kʰeː˥˩/

Noun

จะเข้ • (jà-kêe)

  1. crocodile.
  2. (music) jakhe, a plucked, three-stringed zither in the shape of a crocodile used in Central Thai classical music; similar to the Cambodian ក្រពើ (krapeu).
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