ចង់

See also: ចង and ចុង

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer caṅa (“to wish, to want”). Compare Old Chinese 將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs, “will; going to”). Cognate with Thai จง (jong), Burmese ချင် (hkyang).

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ចង់
cṅ´
WT romanisation cɑng
(standard) IPA(key) /cɑŋ/

Verb

ចង់ • (cɑng) (abstract noun ការចង់)

  1. to want, wish, desire, covet (to do something)
  2. to need
  3. to flirt with, court, woo (a girl)
  4. to approach, draw near
  5. about to (do something), on the brink of, on the point of (doing something)
    ខ្ញុំចង់អង្គុយ.
    khñom cɑng ʼɑngkuy
    I’m about to sit down.

Derived terms
  • ចង់បាន (cɑngbaan)

See also

Conjunction

ចង់ • (cɑng)

  1. even if

Affixed forms
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