ជា

See also: ជាំ, ជឿ, ជិះ, and ជ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ជា jā WT romanisation ciə (standard) IPA(key) /ciə/

Etymology 1

Verb

ជា • (ciə) (abstract noun ការជា)

1. to be, to be equal to, equivalent to, the same as

   មិនជាទេ  ―  mɨn ciə tei  ―  not to be, isn’t, aren’t

2. to be free, independent
3. to be safe, well-off
4. to be well, healthy, to have recovered, be healed; to recover, get better
5. to be good, proper

Synonyms

• (to be): គឺ (kɨɨ)

Preposition

ជា • (ciə)

1. as, in (as speak in a language), into (as translate into a language)

Conjunction

ជា • (ciə)

1. that (after verbs of thinking or knowing)

Particle

ជា • (ciə)

1. marks an adverbial phrase, in a ... manner

Derived terms

• គឺជា (kɨɨ ciə)
• ជាដរាប (ciə dɑraap)
• ជាដើម (ciə daəm)
• ជានិច្ច (ciə nɨc)
• ជាប្រពៃណី (ciəprɔɔpɨynəy)
• ដូចជា (douc ciə)
• ទៅជា (tɨw ciə)
• បានជា (baan ciə)
• មុខជា (muk ciə)
• ហាក់ដូចជា (hak douc ciə)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 謝／谢 (Chiā) or Teochew 謝／谢 (zia7).

Proper noun

ជា • (ciə)

1. Chea, a surname from Chinese