សែន

See also: សួន

Khmer

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle Khmer សេន (sēna) (first attested in 1628), from Thai แสน (sɛ̌ɛn).

Numeral

សែន • (saen)

1. hundred thousand

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)