nghệ

== Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋe˧˨ʔ] (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋej˨˩ʔ] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋej˨˩˨] === Etymology 1 === Sino-Vietnamese word from 藝 (“ability”). Compare the non-Sino-Vietnamese reading nghề. ==== Noun ==== nghệ occupation, employment, trade, profession ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Adjective ==== nghệ (colloquial, slang) skillful or smooth, rizzful ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Vietic *ŋɛːlʔ (“turmeric”). Probably of Kra-Dai origin, compare Proto-Kra *C-ŋilꟲ ("yellow"). ==== Noun ==== (classifier cây, củ) nghệ • (乂, 艾) turmeric ===== See also ===== nghệ tây (“saffron”)