จลาจล

Thai

Alternative forms

^†จุลาจล

Etymology

From Pali calācala (literally “shaking and unshaking; moving and unmoving; etc”), from cala (“shaking; moving; etc”) + acala (“unshaking; unmoving; etc”); or from Sanskrit चलाचल (calācala, idem), from चल (cala, idem) + अचल (acala, idem); possibly via Old Khmer calācala (“social unrest; social instability”); equivalent to Thai จล (jol) +‎ อจล. Cognate with Modern Khmer ចលាចល (châléachlô).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		จลาจล t͡ɕ l ā t͡ɕ l
Phonemic		จะ-ลา-จน t͡ɕ a – l ā – t͡ɕ n
Romanization	Paiboon	jà-laa-jon
	Royal Institute	cha-la-chon
(standard) IPA^(key)		/t͡ɕa˨˩.laː˧.t͡ɕon˧/

Noun

จลาจล • (jà-laa-jon)

public confusion; public disturbance; public disorder; public unrest.
(law) riot.