ជន

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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

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 forms

Noun

ជន m

  1. Khmer script form of jana

Declension

Declension table of "ជន" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
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)
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