ច

See also: ចំ, ចេះ, ចៃ, and ចាំ

ច	U+1785, ច KHMER LETTER CA

← ង
[U+1784]

Khmer

ឆ →
[U+1786]

Translingual

Letter

ច, ្ច

sixth letter of the Cambodian alphabet

Khmer

Etymology

From Angkorian Old Khmer co or ca, from Old Khmer co, ca, ca°, caha°, or c̈aha, "dog (zodiac)". Compare Thai จอ (jɔɔ).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	ច c
WT romanisation	cɑɑ
(standard) IPA^(key)	/cɑː/

Letter

ច, ្ច • (cɑɑ)

sixth letter of the Cambodian alphabet

Usage notes

This letter belongs to the Khmer a-series consonants

Noun

ច • (cɑɑ)

(astrology) the Dog, one of the twelve lunar zodiac signs.

See also

(Lunar zodiac signs) រាសីចក្រ (riəsəycak); ជូត (cuut), ឆ្លូវ (chləw), ខាល (khaal), ថោះ (thɑh), រោង (roong), ម្សាញ់ (msañ), មមី (mɔmii), មមែ (mɔmɛɛ), វក (vɔɔk), រកា (rɔkaa), ច (cɑɑ), កុរ (koʾ)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

ca (Latin script)
𑀘 (Brahmi script)
च (Devanagari script)
চ (Bengali script)
ච (Sinhalese script)
စ (Burmese script)
จ (Thai script)
ᨧ (Tai Tham script)

Particle

ច

and (copulative particle)

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