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]
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Noun[edit]
ចិញ្ចៀន • (cəñciən)
- (finger) ring
- a kind of grass
Further reading[edit]
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “ring”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary