Where does “ជាច្រើន” come from?

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

ជាច្រើន (Khmer): many, a lot, in abundance

Definitions

  1. many, a lot, in abundance

Ancestry of “ជាច្រើន”, step by step

ជាច្រើន 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 ច្រើន

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerច្រើនto be many, much, very much; to be numerous;...
2Old Khmerច្រេន—
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