ฌาน

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Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

ฌาน n

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

Thai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ฌาน (chaan)

  1. dhyana