ចិញ្ចៀន

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Khmer[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Chinese, possibly Hokkien 手指 (chhiú-chí / chhiú-chái / chhiú-cháiⁿ). Compare Malay cincin (“ring”), Indonesian cincin (“ring”), Brunei Malay cincin (“ring”), Tagalog singsing (“ring”), Ilocano singsing (“ring”), Maranao sising (“ring”), etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographic and Phonemic ចិញ្ចៀន
ciñ̥cian
WT romanisation cəñciən
(standard) IPA(key) /cəɲ.ˈciən/

Noun[edit]

ចិញ្ចៀន • (cəñciən)

  1. (finger) ring
  2. a kind of grass

Further reading[edit]

  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “ring”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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