ចិញ្ចៀន

Khmer

Etymology

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

Noun

ចិញ្ចៀន • (cəñciən)

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

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