ชนะ

chá-náverb

to win

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented

1v.

beatlexitron

2v.

defeat; overcome; conquer; gain a victory; triumphed overlexitron

3n.

a type of double-headed barrel drum, sounded with bent drumsticks, traditionally used as an emblem of royaltywiktionary

4v.

to win; to conquer; to defeat; to overcome; to prevail; to best; to beatwiktionary

Built from

Borrowed from Old Khmer ជ្នះ (jnaḥ, “to overcome; to win; to conquer; etc”) or Old Mon ဇၞး (jnaḥ, “to be victorious”). Extended as Thai ชำนะ. Cognate with Modern Khmer ឈ្នះ (chnĕəh), Modern Mon ဇၞး, Lao ຊະນະ (sa na).