ជំនាញ

Khmer

Etymology

From ជាញ (ciəñ, to be skilled) with infixed -Vmn-. Compare Thai ชำนาญ (cham-naan) and Lao ຊຳນານ (sam nān), both borrowed via Old Khmer.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ជំនាញ
jṃnāñ
WT romanisation cumniəñ
(standard) IPA(key) /cum.ˈniəɲ/

Adjective

ជំនាញ • (cumniəñ) (abstract noun ភាពជំនាញ)

  1. to be talented, expert, apt, capable, able, skilled, skillful, competent

Noun

ជំនាញ • (cumniəñ)

  1. expert, connoisseur
  2. skill, ability