เสนาบดี

Thai

Etymology

From Pali senāpati (“army commander”), from senā (“army”) + pati (“commander”); or from Sanskrit सेनापति (senāpati, “army commander”), from सेना (senā, “army”) + पति (pati, “commander”); probably via Old Khmer senāpātī, senāpati, senāpatiy (“general officer; army general”); equivalent to Thai เสนา (sěe-naa) +‎ บดี (bɔɔ-dii). Cognate with Modern Khmer សេនាបតី (seeniəptəy, “army commander”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเสนาบดี
e s n ā ɓ ɗ ī
Phonemic
เส-นา-บอ-ดี
e s – n ā – ɓ ɒ – ɗ ī
RomanizationPaiboonsěe-naa-bɔɔ-dii
Royal Institutese-na-bo-di
(standard) IPA(key)/seː˩˩˦.naː˧.bɔː˧.diː˧/(R)

Noun

เสนาบดี • (sěe-naa-bɔɔ-dii) (classifier คน)

  1. (archaic) military commander.
  2. (archaic) cabinet minister.
  3. (archaic) senior public officer; high-ranking public officer.

Derived terms

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