Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰyeh₂-der.
Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna)lbor.
Mandarin 禪那 /禅那clip.
Mandarin 禪 /禅translit.
English Chan
Borrowed from the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 禪 /禅 (Chán), a development and clipping of Middle Chinese 禪那 (MC dzyen na), a transcription of Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, literally “meditation”). Doublet of dhyana, jhana, Sen, and Zen.
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