ប្រជែង

Khmer

Etymology

From ជែង (cɛɛng, “to push through a crowd; to compete”) with prefixed prV- (reciprocal).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ប្រជែង p̥rjaeṅ WT romanisation prɑcɛɛng (standard) IPA(key) /prɑ.ˈcɛːŋ/

Verb

ប្រជែង • (prɑcɛɛng) (abstract noun ការប្រជែង)

1. to compete with each other, to struggle to win someone over
2. to outrun, to outdistance, to pass ahead, to leave behind