ជន

See also: ជូន, ជាន់, ជៀន, and ជំនឿ

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)

people, person, being, human being

Derived terms

ជនឃាត (cɔɔn khiət)
ជននាថ (cŭənniət)
ជនបរទេស (cŭən bɑɑrĕəʾteeh)
ជនភៀសខ្លួន (cɔɔnphiəhkhluən)
ជនរងគ្រោះ (chônôrngôkruŏh)
ប្រជាជន (prɑciə cŭən)
ពិរុទ្ធជន (pĭrŭtthôchôn)
យុវជន (yŭvchôn)
វីរជន (virchôn)
សាធារណជន (sathéarnâchnô)
អតិថិជន (’âtĕthĕchnô)

Etymology 2

Compare Thai กระชอน (grà-chɔɔn).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ជន • (cɔɔn)

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

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