ฌาน

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Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ฌาน n

  1. (Buddhism) a state of collected, full-body awareness
  2. meditation

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali jhāna (a stage of meditation), from Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna). Doublet of เซน/เซ็น (seen).

Pronunciation

Orthographicฌาน
d͡ʑʰ ā n
Phonemic
ชาน
d͡ʑ ā n
RomanizationPaiboonchaan
Royal Institutechan
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰaːn˧/(R)
Homophones

Noun

ฌาน (chaan)

  1. dhyana