"ចង់" meaning in Khmer

See ចង់ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

Forms: cɑng [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Khmer caṅa (“to wish, to want”). Compare Old Chinese 將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs, “will; going to”). Cognate with Thai จง (jong), Burmese ချင် (hkyang). Etymology templates: {{inh|km|okz|caṅa||to wish, to want}} Old Khmer caṅa (“to wish, to want”), {{cog|och|-}} Old Chinese, {{och-l|將|will; going to}} 將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs, “will; going to”), {{cog|th|จง}} Thai จง (jong), {{cog|my|ချင်}} Burmese ချင် (hkyang) Head templates: {{km-con}} ចង់ • (cɑng)
  1. even if
    Sense id: en-ចង់-km-conj-OJH2K79- Categories (other): Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Khmer terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 11 24 21 15 23 6 Disambiguation of Khmer terms with redundant script codes: 12 24 21 15 23 5

Verb

Forms: cɑng [romanization], ការចង់ [abstract-noun]
Etymology: From Old Khmer caṅa (“to wish, to want”). Compare Old Chinese 將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs, “will; going to”). Cognate with Thai จง (jong), Burmese ချင် (hkyang). Etymology templates: {{inh|km|okz|caṅa||to wish, to want}} Old Khmer caṅa (“to wish, to want”), {{cog|och|-}} Old Chinese, {{och-l|將|will; going to}} 將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs, “will; going to”), {{cog|th|จง}} Thai จง (jong), {{cog|my|ချင်}} Burmese ချင် (hkyang) Head templates: {{km-verb}} ចង់ • (cɑng) (abstract noun ការចង់)
  1. to want, wish, desire, covet (to do something)
    Sense id: en-ចង់-km-verb-ud1G42JD Categories (other): Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Khmer terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 11 24 21 15 23 6 Disambiguation of Khmer terms with redundant script codes: 12 24 21 15 23 5
  2. to need
    Sense id: en-ចង់-km-verb-fCXPH8yL Categories (other): Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Khmer terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 11 24 21 15 23 6 Disambiguation of Khmer terms with redundant script codes: 12 24 21 15 23 5
  3. to flirt with, court, woo (a girl)
    Sense id: en-ចង់-km-verb-OMH86Ekt Categories (other): Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Khmer terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 11 24 21 15 23 6 Disambiguation of Khmer terms with redundant script codes: 12 24 21 15 23 5
  4. to approach, draw near
    Sense id: en-ចង់-km-verb-lL8fOLvG Categories (other): Khmer entries with incorrect language header, Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Khmer terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Khmer entries with incorrect language header: 13 20 19 18 27 3 Disambiguation of Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 11 24 21 15 23 6 Disambiguation of Khmer terms with redundant script codes: 12 24 21 15 23 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 18 20 17 29 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 14 16 13 43 3
  5. about to (do something), on the brink of, on the point of (doing something)
    Sense id: en-ចង់-km-verb-ehzpbODd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ចង់បាន (cɑngbaan) Related terms: ត្រូវការ (trəw kaa)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "cɑngbaan",
      "word": "ចង់បាន"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "okz",
        "3": "caṅa",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to wish, to want"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Khmer caṅa (“to wish, to want”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "och",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "將",
        "2": "will; going to"
      },
      "expansion": "將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs, “will; going to”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "จง"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai จง (jong)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "ချင်"
      },
      "expansion": "Burmese ချင် (hkyang)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Khmer caṅa (“to wish, to want”). Compare Old Chinese 將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs, “will; going to”). Cognate with Thai จง (jong), Burmese ချင် (hkyang).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cɑng",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ការចង់",
      "tags": [
        "abstract-noun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ចង់ • (cɑng) (abstract noun ការចង់)",
      "name": "km-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Khmer",
  "lang_code": "km",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "trəw kaa",
      "word": "ត្រូវការ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 24 21 15 23 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 24 21 15 23 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Do you want to go with me?",
          "roman": "bɑɑng cɑng tɨw ciə muəy khñom tei",
          "text": "បងចង់ទៅជាមួយខ្ញុំទេ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to want, wish, desire, covet (to do something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ចង់-km-verb-ud1G42JD",
      "links": [
        [
          "want",
          "want"
        ],
        [
          "wish",
          "wish"
        ],
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "covet",
          "covet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 24 21 15 23 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 24 21 15 23 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to need"
      ],
      "id": "en-ចង់-km-verb-fCXPH8yL",
      "links": [
        [
          "need",
          "need"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 24 21 15 23 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 24 21 15 23 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to flirt with, court, woo (a girl)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ចង់-km-verb-OMH86Ekt",
      "links": [
        [
          "flirt",
          "flirt"
        ],
        [
          "court",
          "court"
        ],
        [
          "woo",
          "woo"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 20 19 18 27 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Khmer entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 24 21 15 23 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 24 21 15 23 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 18 20 17 29 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 14 16 13 43 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to approach, draw near"
      ],
      "id": "en-ចង់-km-verb-lL8fOLvG",
      "links": [
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ],
        [
          "draw near",
          "draw near"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I’m about to sit down.",
          "roman": "khñom cɑng ʼɑɑʼɑngkuy",
          "text": "ខ្ញុំចង់អង្គុយ.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "about to (do something), on the brink of, on the point of (doing something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ចង់-km-verb-ehzpbODd",
      "links": [
        [
          "about to",
          "about to"
        ],
        [
          "on the brink",
          "on the brink"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ចង់"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "okz",
        "3": "caṅa",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to wish, to want"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Khmer caṅa (“to wish, to want”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "och",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "將",
        "2": "will; going to"
      },
      "expansion": "將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs, “will; going to”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "จง"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai จง (jong)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "ချင်"
      },
      "expansion": "Burmese ချင် (hkyang)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Khmer caṅa (“to wish, to want”). Compare Old Chinese 將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs, “will; going to”). Cognate with Thai จง (jong), Burmese ချင် (hkyang).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cɑng",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ចង់ • (cɑng)",
      "name": "km-con"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Khmer",
  "lang_code": "km",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 24 21 15 23 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 24 21 15 23 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "even if"
      ],
      "id": "en-ចង់-km-conj-OJH2K79-",
      "links": [
        [
          "even if",
          "even if"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ចង់"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Khmer conjunctions",
    "Khmer entries with incorrect language header",
    "Khmer lemmas",
    "Khmer terms derived from Old Khmer",
    "Khmer terms inherited from Old Khmer",
    "Khmer terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
    "Khmer verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "cɑngbaan",
      "word": "ចង់បាន"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "okz",
        "3": "caṅa",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to wish, to want"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Khmer caṅa (“to wish, to want”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "och",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "將",
        "2": "will; going to"
      },
      "expansion": "將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs, “will; going to”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "จง"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai จง (jong)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "ချင်"
      },
      "expansion": "Burmese ချင် (hkyang)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Khmer caṅa (“to wish, to want”). Compare Old Chinese 將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs, “will; going to”). Cognate with Thai จง (jong), Burmese ချင် (hkyang).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cɑng",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ការចង់",
      "tags": [
        "abstract-noun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ចង់ • (cɑng) (abstract noun ការចង់)",
      "name": "km-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Khmer",
  "lang_code": "km",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "trəw kaa",
      "word": "ត្រូវការ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Khmer terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Do you want to go with me?",
          "roman": "bɑɑng cɑng tɨw ciə muəy khñom tei",
          "text": "បងចង់ទៅជាមួយខ្ញុំទេ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to want, wish, desire, covet (to do something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "want",
          "want"
        ],
        [
          "wish",
          "wish"
        ],
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "covet",
          "covet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to need"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "need",
          "need"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to flirt with, court, woo (a girl)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flirt",
          "flirt"
        ],
        [
          "court",
          "court"
        ],
        [
          "woo",
          "woo"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to approach, draw near"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ],
        [
          "draw near",
          "draw near"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Khmer terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I’m about to sit down.",
          "roman": "khñom cɑng ʼɑɑʼɑngkuy",
          "text": "ខ្ញុំចង់អង្គុយ.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "about to (do something), on the brink of, on the point of (doing something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "about to",
          "about to"
        ],
        [
          "on the brink",
          "on the brink"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ចង់"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Khmer conjunctions",
    "Khmer entries with incorrect language header",
    "Khmer lemmas",
    "Khmer terms derived from Old Khmer",
    "Khmer terms inherited from Old Khmer",
    "Khmer terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
    "Khmer verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "okz",
        "3": "caṅa",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to wish, to want"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Khmer caṅa (“to wish, to want”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "och",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "將",
        "2": "will; going to"
      },
      "expansion": "將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs, “will; going to”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "จง"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai จง (jong)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "ချင်"
      },
      "expansion": "Burmese ချင် (hkyang)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Khmer caṅa (“to wish, to want”). Compare Old Chinese 將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs, “will; going to”). Cognate with Thai จง (jong), Burmese ချင် (hkyang).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cɑng",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ចង់ • (cɑng)",
      "name": "km-con"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Khmer",
  "lang_code": "km",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "even if"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "even if",
          "even if"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ចង់"
}

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