เสน่ห์
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Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha, “love; affection; etc”); possibly via Angkorian Old Khmer sneha (idem). Cognate with Thai เสน่หา (sà-nèe-hǎa), Lao ສະເໜ (sa nē), Modern Khmer ស្នេហ៍ (snae).
Pronunciation
[edit]| Orthographic | เสน่ห์ e s n ˋ h ʻ | |
| Phonemic | สะ-เหฺน่ s a – e h ̥ n ˋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | sà-nèe |
| Royal Institute | sa-ne | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /sa˨˩.neː˨˩/(R) | |
Noun
[edit]เสน่ห์ • (sà-nèe)
- charm; appeal; attractiveness; charisma.
- occult or magical means or object used to bring about love or affection.