แสน

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Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *sɛːnᴬ¹ (one hundred thousand) (Jonsson, 1991). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩯ᩠ᨶ, Lao ແສນ (sǣn), ᦶᦉᧃ (ṡaen), Shan သႅၼ် (sěn), Tai Nüa ᥔᥦᥢᥴ (sáen), Phake ꩬိၺ် (siñ), Ahom 𑜏𑜢𑜐𑜫 (siñ). Compare to Middle Chinese 千 *sen (thousand).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicแสน
æ s n
RomanizationPaiboonsɛ̌ɛn
Royal Institutesaen
(standard) IPA(key)/sɛːn˩˩˦/(R)

Numeral

แสน (sɛ̌ɛn)

  1. hundred thousand.

Synonyms

Adverb

แสน (sɛ̌ɛn)

  1. very, so; extremely, greatly; truly, really.

Noun

แสน (sɛ̌ɛn)

  1. (historical) a high military rank in feudal Northern Thailand.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Khmer: សេន (sēna)
  • Burmese: သိန်း (sin:) (possibly)