Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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เสนา f

  1. Thai script form of senā (“army”)
  2. Thai script (without implicit vowels) form of senā (“army”)

Declension

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Pali senā (army) or Sanskrit सेना (senā, army). Cognate with Old Khmer senā, seṇā° (armed force, army; army commander); Modern Khmer សេនា (seenaa, officer; commanding officer; soldiers; army).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเสนา
e s n ā
Phonemic
เส-นา
e s – n ā
RomanizationPaiboonsěe-naa
Royal Institutese-na
(standard) IPA(key)/seː˩˩˦.naː˧/(R)

Noun

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เสนา (sěe-naa) (classifier คน)

  1. (archaic) soldier; military officer; serviceperson.
  2. (archaic) armed force.
  3. Clipping of เสนาบดี (sěe-naa-bɔɔ-dii).

Proper noun

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เสนา (sěe-naa)

  1. Sena District, a district of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, Thailand.

Derived terms

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