Khmer

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit जय (jaya, victory). Cognate with Thai ชัย (chai) and Lao ໄຊ (sai).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ជ័យ
j˘y
WT romanisation cɨy
(standard) IPA(key) /cɨj/

Noun

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ជ័យ (cɨy)

  1. victory

Derived terms

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Proper noun

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ជ័យ (cɨy)

  1. Chey, a surname from Sanskrit