ច

See also: ចំ, ចេះ, ចៃ, and ចាំ

ច U+1785, ច KHMER LETTER CA ← ង [U+1784] Khmer ឆ → [U+1786]

Translingual

Letter

ច, ្ច

1. sixth letter of the Cambodian alphabet

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ច c WT romanisation cɑɑ (standard) IPA(key) /cɑː/

Etymology 1

Letter

ច, ្ច • (cɑɑ)

1. sixth letter of the Cambodian alphabet

Usage notes

• This letter belongs to the Khmer a-series consonants

Etymology 2

From Angkorian Old Khmer co or ca, from Old Khmer co, ca, ca°, caha°, or c̈aha (“dog (zodiac)”), from Vietic. Compare Thai จอ (jɔɔ) and Vietnamese chó.

Noun

ច • (cɑɑ)

1. (astrology) the Dog, one of the twelve lunar zodiac signs.

See also

• (Chinese zodiac signs) រាសីចក្រ (riəsəycak); (ឆ្នាំ~) ជូត (cuut), ឆ្លូវ (chləw), ខាល (khaal), ថោះ (thɑh), រោង (roong), ម្សាញ់ (msañ), មមី (mɔmii), មមែ (mɔmɛɛ), វក (vɔɔk), រកា (rɔkaa), ច (cɑɑ), កុរ (kol) ^{(Category: km:Chinese zodiac signs)}

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ca (Latin script)
• 𑀘 (Brahmi script)
• च (Devanagari script)
• চ (Bengali script)
• ච (Sinhalese script)
• စ or ၸ (Burmese script)
• จ or จะ (Thai script)
• ᨧ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈ or ຈະ (Lao script)
• 𑄌 (Chakma script)

Particle

ច (ca)

1. and (copulative particle)