ជន

Khmer

Etymology 1

From Pali jana (creature, being), from Sanskrit जन (jana, people, person, creature, living being)

Pronunciation

Orthographic ជន
jn
Phonemic ជន់
jn´
WT romanisation cŭən
(standard) IPA(key) /cŭən/

Noun

ជន (cŭən)

  1. people, person, being, human being
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Compare Thai กระชอน (grà-chɔɔn).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ជន
jn
WT romanisation cɔɔn
(standard) IPA(key) /cɔːn/

Noun

ជន (cɔɔn)

  1. hoop-net (kind of fish net which is held up by two bamboo poles at the bow of a boat)

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ជន m

  1. Khmer script form of jana

Declension

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