ฌาน

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 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

Orthographic		ฌาน d͡ʑʰ ā n
Phonemic		ชาน d͡ʑ ā n
Romanization	Paiboon	chaan
	Royal Institute	chan
(standard) IPA(key)		/t͡ɕʰaːn˧/(R)
Homophones edit		ชาญ ชาน ชาร ชาล

Noun

ฌาน • (chaan)

1. dhyana