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ជន

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Khmer

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Etymology 1

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From Pali jana (creature, being), from Sanskrit जन (jana, people, person, creature, living being).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ជន (cŭən)

  1. people, person, being, human being
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Compare Thai กระชอน (grà-chɔɔn).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ជន (cɔɔn)

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

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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ជន m

  1. Khmer script form of jana

Declension

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