Etymology

pu-erh

Chinese 普洱茶
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  1. Chinese · derived from普洱茶
  2. English todaypu-erh

Shortened from pu-erh tea, from the Wade–Giles romanization (properly p‘u-êrh) of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 普洱茶 (pǔ'ěrchá).

Words from the same roots

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pu'er

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