เสน่หา

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Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha, affection; affection; etc); possibly via Old Khmer snehā (idem). Cognate with Thai เสน่ห์ (sà-nèe). Compare Pali sineha, from which Thai สิเน่หา and its alternative forms are derived.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเสน่หา
e s n ˋ h ā
Phonemic
สะ-เหฺน่-หา
s a – e h ̥ n ˋ – h ā
RomanizationPaiboonsà-nèe-hǎa
Royal Institutesa-ne-ha
(standard) IPA(key)/sa˨˩.neː˨˩.haː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

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เสน่หา (sà-nèe-hǎa)

  1. (elegant) love; affection; adoration; fondness.

Derived terms

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