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Worthy



noun — Plural: Worthies
1.
(a person of outstanding worth or importance) គុណូបការៈ, សគុណ, កុសល, បុណ្យ, កិត្ដិមជន (ជនប្រកបដោយកិត្ដិនាម), ជន (សំដៅយកចរិយា)
Example: A worthy character, a deed worthy of praise, All the worthies agree, so it must be so.
adjective
1.
(having great merit, deserving respect or support, having sufficient worth or merit) ដែលគួរតែ, ដែលល្មមតែ, ដែលសមរម្យ, ដែលថ្លៃថ្នូរ, ដែលនឹងហ្ន៎, worthy applicant ដែលគួរឬសមនឹងយក, worthy charity ដែលសមធ្វើ, worthy of ដែលគួរនឹង (ស្រឡាញ់ជឿ ។ល។)
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ដែលសមនឹងធ្វើ, ឬពិចារណា, សមនឹងទទួលការគោរព ឬទទួលស្គាល់, សមស្របចំពោះ
  • credit worthy borrower
    - អ្នកខ្ចីប្រាក់ដែលគូរអោយទុកចិត្ត
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Worthies
1.
Of high station; of high social position.
2.
Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
3.
Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one.
4.
A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To render worthy; to exalt into a hero.