ជាង

See also: ជំងឺ and ជើង

Khmer

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Adverb

ជាង • (ciəng)

  1. than, in excess of, exceeding, to a greater extent than
  2. (grammar) marks the comparative degree of an adjective
    ល្អជាង — better, more, to a greater extent
See also

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 匠 (MC d͡zɨɐŋH, “craftsman, artisan”). Cognate with Thai ช่าง (châang), Lao ຊ່າງ (sāng).

Noun

ជាង • (ciəng)

  1. craftsman, artisan, skilled worker, smith

Derived terms

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