ចិញ្ចៀន
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