จง

Thai

Alternative forms

• จุ่ง (jùng)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Khmer ចង (caṅa, “to desire; to want; to wish”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ចង់ (cɑng). Extended as Middle Khmer បញ្ចង (pañcaṅa), from which Thai บรรจง was derived, corresponding to Modern Khmer បញ្ចង់ (bɑñcɑng); and as Khmer ចំណង (cɑmnɑɑng), from which Thai จำนง (jam-nong) was derived. Compare Lao ຈົງ (chong), ຈົ່ງ (chong); Northern Thai ᨧᩩ᩵ᨦ; Lü ᦈᦳᧂᧈ (ṫsung¹).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		จง t͡ɕ ŋ
Romanization	Paiboon	jong
	Royal Institute	chong
(standard) IPA(key)		/t͡ɕoŋ˧/(R)

Particle

จง • (jong)

1. used to indicate a command, requirement, request, or wish, sometimes used as an auxiliary verb for such purpose.

Verb

จง • (jong)

1. (now chiefly in combination) to wish; to intend; to want; to desire.
   • 1830, พระสุนทรโวหาร (ภู่), เพลงยาวถวายโอวาท:

     เอาไมตรีแลกได้ดังใจจง

     ao mai-dtrii lɛ̂ɛk dâai dang jai jong

     Through friendship, you can obtain whatever your heart desires.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adverb

จง • (jong)

1. (now chiefly in combination) intentionally; deliberately.

Derived terms

• จงเกลียดจงชัง
• จงใจ (jong-jai)
• จงดี
• จงได้
• จงรัก (jong-rák)
• จงรักภักดี (jong-rák-pák-dii)