Khmer edit

Etymology edit

ជន (cŭən) +‎ នាថ (niət), from Pali jana + nātha, from Sanskrit जन (jana, man) + नाथ (nātha, protector).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic ជននាថ
jnnātʰ
Phonemic ជន់ នាត / ជៈ-នៈ-នាត
jn´ nāt / j`-n`-nāt
WT romanisation cŭən niət, cĕəʼnĕəʼniət
(standard) IPA(key) /cŭən ˈniət/ ~ /cĕəʔ.nĕəʔ.niət/

Noun edit

ជននាថ (cŭən niət)

  1. king, ruler

See also edit