Etymology

From Khmer តំណែង ‎(tâmnêng, “administrative position; function; job; responsibility”), an extended form of តែង ‎(têng, “to adorn, to decorate; to appoint; to arrange, to order; to compose, to draft, to write; to create, to establish; etc”), from Old Khmer tēṅa, teṅ, tañ, tāñ, or tāṅ ‎(“to arrange, to order; to compose, to draft, to write; to conduct, to direct, to manage; to create, to establish; to regulate; etc”).

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