Khmer Dictionary: ជា

Headley's Khmer-English Dictionary
  1. ជា ( prenp ) [cie]
    as, in (e.g. speak in a language), into (e.g. translate into a language)
    Eg. វានិយាយជាខ្មែរ: He speaks in Cambodian.
  2. ជា ( part ) [cie]
    marking adverbial phrases in a ... manner
    Eg. ជាបឋមសារ ពត៌មានត្រូវផ្សាយអ្វីដែលសាធារណជនចង់ដឹង: First of all, a newspaper must publish whatever the public wants to know.
  3. ជា ( adj ) [cie]
    to be free, independent; safe, well-off
  4. ជា ( conj ) [cie]
    that (after verbs of thinking, knowing)
    Eg. ខ្ញុំខំតែគោរពរាប់អានគាត់ មិនដឹងជាគាត់ជាមនុស្ស ចោលម្សៀតសោះ: I always respected him; I didn't know that he was a good-for-nothing.
  5. ជា ( equative v. ) [cie]
    to be (equal / equivalent to, the same as) (Commonly occurs as the main verb in an equative clause introducing a predicate nominative; the form គឺ​ជា​ is a more formal var.)
    Eg. ខ្លាជាសត្វឆោត: The tiger is a stupid animal.
  6. ជា ( adj ) [cie]
    to be well, healthy; to recover, get better; to have recovered, be healed
  7. ជា ( adj ) [cie]
    to be good, proper esp. Surin