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
Alternative forms
  • jana (Latin script)
  • 𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
  • जन (Devanagari script)
  • জন (Bengali script)
  • ජන (Sinhalese script)
  • ဇန (Burmese script)
  • ชน (Thai script)
  • ᨩᨶ (Tai Tham script)

Noun

ជន m

  1. Khmer script form of jana

Declension
Declension table of "ជន" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)ជនោជនា
Accusative (second)ជនំជនេ
Instrumental (third)ជនេនជនេហិ or ជនេភិ
Dative (fourth)ជនស្ស or ជនាយ or ជនត្ថំជនានំ
Ablative (fifth)ជនស្មា or ជនម្ហា or ជនាជនេហិ or ជនេភិ
Genitive (sixth)ជនស្សជនានំ
Locative (seventh)ជនស្មិំ or ជនម្ហិ or ជនេជនេសុ
Vocative (calling)ជនជនា
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