ជាង

See also: ជំងឺ and ជើង

Khmer

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ជាង
jāṅ
WT romanisation ciəng
(standard) IPA(key) /ciəŋ/

Etymology 1

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Adverb

ជាង • (ciəng)

  1. than, in excess of, exceeding, to a greater extent than
  2. (grammar) marks the comparative degree of an adjective
    ល្អជាង  ―  lʼɑɑ ciəng  ―  better, more, to a greater extent
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Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 匠 (MC dzjangH, “craftsman, artisan”). Cognate with Thai ช่าง (châang), Northern Thai ᨩ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨦ, Khün ᨩ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨦ, Lao ຊ່າງ (sāng), Lü ᦋᦱᧂᧈ (tsaang¹), Shan ၸၢင်ႈ (tsāang), Phake ꩡင် (caṅ), Ahom 𑜋𑜂𑜫 (chaṅ), Zhuang cangh.

Noun

ជាង • (ciəng)

  1. craftsman, artisan, skilled worker, smith
Derived terms
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