Where does “ជាខ្លាំង” come from?

ជាខ្លាំង (Khmer) comes from Khmer ជា, from Thai ช้ำ — bruised.

ជាខ្លាំង (Khmer): very much

Definitions

  1. very much

Ancestry of “ជាខ្លាំង”, step by step

ជាខ្លាំង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ជា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជាto be, to be equal to, equivalent to, the same as
2Thaiช้ำbruised

via Khmer ខ្លាំង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខ្លាំងstrong, robust firm
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