ឈាន

See also: ឈ្នះ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ឈាន
jʰān
WT romanisation chiən
(standard) IPA(key) /cʰiən/

Etymology 1

Verb

ឈាន • (chiən) (abstract noun ការឈាន)

  1. to step, take a step, step forward, walk

Noun

ឈាន • (chiən)

  1. step

Affixed forms

Etymology 2

From Pali jhāna, from Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, “meditation”).

Verb

ឈាន • (chiən) (abstract noun ការឈាន)

  1. to meditate

Noun

ឈាន • (chiən)

  1. meditation, concentration, stage of enlightenment
  2. peace of mind
Synonyms

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)
  • ฌาน or ฌานะ (Thai script)
  • ᨫᩣᨶ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຌານ or ຌານະ (Lao script)
  • 𑄏𑄂𑄚 (Chakma script)

Noun

ឈាន n

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