เจริญ

• จำเริญ (jam-rəən)

From Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer *cren or Angkorian Old Khmer cren (“to celebrate; to develop, to grow; to increase, to proliferate; to promote; to improve; to cultivate; to prosper; to exist or occur in great quantity or number; etc”); extended as caṃren, from which Thai จำเริญ (jam-rəən) is derived. Cognate with Modern Khmer ច្រើន (craən), Lao ຈະເລີນ (cha lœ̄n) or ຈະເຣີນ (cha rœ̄n).

เจริญ • (jà-rəən) (abstract noun การเจริญ or ความเจริญ)

1. to grow; to increase; to develop.
2. to promote the growth, increase, or development (of): to cultivate, to foster, to further, etc.

   เจริญไมตรี

   jà-rəən mai-dtrii

   to cultivate friendship

3. to flourish; to prosper; to thrive.
4. (of a religious formula, mantra, etc) to chant; to recite.

   เจริญพุทธมนต์

   jà-rəən pút-tá mon

   to chant a Buddhist mantra

5. (archaic) to cut; to discard; to dispose of; to get rid of.

   เจริญเกศา

   jà-rəən gee-sǎa

   to cut hair