ជន

See also: ជូន, ជាន់, ជៀន, and ជំនឿ

Khmer

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Pali jana (“creature, being”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

• ជនឃាត (cĕəʼnĕəʼkhiət)
• ជននាថ (cŭən niət)
• ជនបរទេស (cŭən bɑɑrĕəʼteih)
• ជនភៀសខ្លួន (cŭən phiəh khluən)
• ជនរងគ្រោះ (cŭən rɔɔng krŭəh)
• ប្រជាជន (prɑciə cŭən)
• 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)