ฌาน

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • jhāna (Latin script)
  • 𑀛𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
  • झान (Devanagari script)
  • ঝান (Bengali script)
  • ඣාන (Sinhalese script)
  • ဈာန or ၛာန or ꧢႃၼ (Burmese script)
  • ฌานะ (Thai script)
  • ᨫᩣᨶ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຌານ or ຌານະ (Lao script)
  • ឈាន (Khmer script)
  • 𑄏𑄂𑄚 (Chakma script)

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
 
ชาญ
ชาน
ชาร
ชาล

Noun

ฌาน • (chaan)

  1. dhyana
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