ชล

See also: ชิลี

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• jala (Latin script)
• 𑀚𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• जल (Devanagari script)
• জল (Bengali script)
• ජල (Sinhalese script)
• ဇလ or ၹလ (Burmese script)
• ชะละ (Thai script)
• ᨩᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ຊລ or ຊະລະ (Lao script)
• ជល (Khmer script)
• 𑄎𑄣 (Chakma script)

Noun

ชล n

1. Thai script form of jala (“water”)

Declension

Declension table of "ชล" (neuter)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ชลํ (jalaṃ)	ชลานิ (jalāni)
Accusative (second)	ชลํ (jalaṃ)	ชลานิ (jalāni)
Instrumental (third)	ชเลน (jalena)	ชเลหิ (jalehi) or ชเลภิ (jalebhi)
Dative (fourth)	ชลสฺส (jalassa) or ชลาย (jalāya) or ชลตฺถํ (jalatthaṃ)	ชลานํ (jalānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ชลสฺมา (jalasmā) or ชลมฺหา (jalamhā) or ชลา (jalā)	ชเลหิ (jalehi) or ชเลภิ (jalebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ชลสฺส (jalassa)	ชลานํ (jalānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ชลสฺมิํ (jalasmiṃ) or ชลมฺหิ (jalamhi) or ชเล (jale)	ชเลสุ (jalesu)
Vocative (calling)	ชล (jala)	ชลานิ (jalāni)

Sanskrit

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Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali ชล (jala, “water”). Cognate to Lao ຊົນ (son) and Khmer ជល (cɔɔl).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ชล d͡ʑ l
Phonemic		ชน d͡ʑ n	[bound form] ชน-ละ- d͡ʑ n – l a –
Romanization	Paiboon	chon	chon-lá-
	Royal Institute	chon	chon-la-
(standard) IPA(key)		/t͡ɕʰon˧/(R)	/t͡ɕʰon˧.la˦˥./
Homophones edit		ชน ชนม์

Noun

ชล • (chon)

1. (elegant) water

   Synonym: น้ำ (náam)

Proper noun

ชล • (chon)

1. clipping of ชลบุรี (chon-bù-rii): Chonburi (a province of Thailand)

Derived terms

• ชลธาร (chon-lá-taan)
• ชลบุรี (chon-bù-rii)
• ชลประทาน (chon-lá-bprà-taan)
• ชลมารค
• เมืองชล

Further reading

• “ชล” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.