ជាង

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ជាង • (ciəng)

1. than, in excess of, exceeding, to a greater extent than
2. (grammar) marks the comparative degree of an adjective

   ល្អជាង  ―  lʼɑɑ ciəng  ―  better, more, to a greater extent

• ជាងគេ (ciəng kei)
• ទៀត (tiət)

From Middle Chinese 匠 (MC dzjangH, “craftsman, artisan”). Cognate with Thai ช่าง (châang), Northern Thai ᨩ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨦ, Khün ᨩ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨦ, Lao ຊ່າງ (sāng), Lü ᦋᦱᧂᧈ (tsaang¹), Shan ၸၢင်ႈ (tsāang), Phake ꩡင် (caṅ), Ahom 𑜋𑜂𑜫 (chaṅ), Zhuang cangh.

ជាង • (ciəng)

1. craftsman, artisan, skilled worker, smith

• ជាងគំនូរ (ciəng kumnuu)
• ជាងម៉ាស៊ីន (ciəng maasɨn)
• រោងជាង (roong ciəng)
• តុជាង (tok ciəng)