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

Orthographic		เสนาบดี e s n ā ɓ ɗ ī
Phonemic		เส-นา-บอ-ดี e s – n ā – ɓ ɒ – ɗ ī
Romanization	Paiboon	sěe-naa-bɔɔ-dii
	Royal Institute	se-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

• กฎเสนาบดี
• อัครมหาเสนาบดี (àk-krá-má-hǎa-sěe-naa-bɔɔ-dii)