សែន

See also: សួន

Khmer

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic សែន
saen
WT romanisation saen
(standard) IPA(key) /saen/

Etymology 1

From Thai แสน (sɛ̌ɛn, “100,000”)

Numeral

សែន • (saen)

  1. lakh, 100,000
Synonyms
  • លក្ខ (leak)

Adverb

សែន • (saen)

  1. very, extremely, too, many

Etymology 2

Verb

សែន • (saen) (abstract noun ការសែន)

  1. to sacrifice, make an offering (especially, of food to the spirits of the dead)
  2. to bribe
See also
  • បង់សាច់ (bɑngsac)
  • បូជា (boocie)
  • ពលី (pea’lii)
  • ហ័វ (hav)

Noun

សែន • (saen)

  1. fan or umbrella of decorated gold or silver cloth (it has a long handle curved at the end and is used to shade the king during ceremonial processions)
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