จัง

Cognate with Lao ຈັ່ງ (chang), Cognate with Lao ຈັງ (chang), Isan จั่ง, Thai จัง (jang), and Tai Dam ꪊꪰ꪿ꪉ (chắng).

จัง (transliteration needed)

1. such

จัง (transliteration needed)

1. type
2. kind

จัง (transliteration needed) (abstract noun ความจัง)

1. exact
2. precise
3. sure

จัง (transliteration needed)

1. like(what/how?)
2. how
3. thus/in that manner
4. very, really

จัง (transliteration needed)

1. then
2. so
3. since

จัง (transliteration needed)

1. as.
2. like.

Cognate with Lao ຈັງ (chang) (Another definition meaning to be curved or bent, or be cramped/have a cramp).

จัง (transliteration needed)

1. bent (hands or feet).
2. (of the hand and foot) curled and stiff from extreme cold.
3. shriveled and curled hands and feet from extreme cold.
4. cramping (of the hands and feet from extreme cold).

The Isan definition of จัง being a grammatical modifier generally has two ways of writing: จัง & จั่ง, with both having the same meaning. Combining the adverb จัง/จั่ง with ใด(which, any, or who) produces the word/question how(จังใด also written จั่งใด), while combining จัง with ซี้(that) makes the phrase "like this" (จังซี้/จั่งซี้) and with ซั้น(that) makes the phrase "like that" (จังซั้น/จั่งซั้น).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Colloquial-register word. Clipping or reduction of an existing term, borrowing, or ad-hoc term?”)

จัง • (jang)

1. (colloquial) so; very much; how

• “จัง” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.