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 / ជន jn´ / jn WT romanisation cŭən, cɔɔn (standard) IPA(key) /cŭən/ ~ /cɔːn/

Noun

ជន • (cŭən)

1. people, person, being, human being

Derived terms

• ជនឃាត (cĕəʼnĕəʼkhiət)
• ជននាថ (cŭən niət)
• ជនបរទេស (cŭən bɑɑrĕəʼteih)
• ជនភៀសខ្លួន (cŭən phiəh khluən)
• ជនរងគ្រោះ (cŭən rɔɔng krŭəh)
• ប្រជាជន (prɑɑciəcŭən)
• ពិរុទ្ធជន (pirutthĕəʼcŭən)
• យុវជន (yuvĕəʼcŭən)
• វីរជន (viirĕəʼcŭən)
• សាធារណជន (saathiərĕəʼnaʼ cŭən)
• អតិថិជន (ʼaʼtethecŭən)

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 scripts

• jana (Latin script)
• 𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• जन (Devanagari script)
• জন (Bengali script)
• ජන (Sinhalese script)
• ဇန or ၹၼ (Burmese script)
• ชน or ชะนะ (Thai script)
• ᨩᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ຊນ or ຊະນະ (Lao script)
• 𑄎𑄚 (Chakma script)

Noun

ជន m

1. Khmer script form of jana

Declension

Declension table of "ជន" (masculine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ជនោ (jano)	ជនា (janā)
Accusative (second)	ជនំ (janaṃ)	ជនេ (jane)
Instrumental (third)	ជនេន (janena)	ជនេហិ (janehi) or ជនេភិ (janebhi)
Dative (fourth)	ជនស្ស (janassa) or ជនាយ (janāya) or ជនត្ថំ (janatthaṃ)	ជនានំ (janānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ជនស្មា (janasmā) or ជនម្ហា (janamhā) or ជនា (janā)	ជនេហិ (janehi) or ជនេភិ (janebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ជនស្ស (janassa)	ជនានំ (janānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ជនស្មិំ (janasmiṃ) or ជនម្ហិ (janamhi) or ជនេ (jane)	ជនេសុ (janesu)
Vocative (calling)	ជន (jana)	ជនា (janā)