จลาจล

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Thai

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Etymology

From Pali calācala (literally “shaking and unshaking; moving and unmoving; etc”), from cala (“shaking; moving; etc”) + acala (“unshaking; unmoving; etc”); or from Sanskrit चलाचल (calācala, idem), from चल (cala, idem) + अचल (acala, idem); possibly via Old Khmer ចលាចល (calācala, “social unrest; social instability”); equivalent to Thai จล (jol) +‎ อจล. Cognate with Modern Khmer ចលាចល (caʼlaacɑl).

Pronunciation

Orthographicจลาจล
t͡ɕ l ā t͡ɕ l
Phonemic
จะ-ลา-จน
t͡ɕ a – l ā – t͡ɕ n
RomanizationPaiboonjà-laa-jon
Royal Institutecha-la-chon
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕa˨˩.laː˧.t͡ɕon˧/(R)

Noun

จลาจล • (jà-laa-jon)

  1. public confusion; public disturbance; public disorder; public unrest.
  2. (law) riot.
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