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| เซ่น senF |  |
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| 1. | offerings to the spirits |
| 2. | [often used with ghosts and spirits] to make offerings or sacrifice to the spirits, to propritiate the spirits |
| 3. | [slang] to bribe (a person) |
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| Phonemic Thai | เซ่น |
| IPA | sên |
| Royal Thai General System | sen |
| 1. [noun] | |||
| definition | offerings to the spirits | ||
| related words | บวงสรวง | buaangM suaangR | to make an offering to the spirits |
บูชายัญ  | buuM chaaM yanM | to offer as a sacrifice | |
สักการะบูชา | sakL gaaM raH buuM chaaM | to worship (with offerings); pay homage (with offerings) | |
| สังเวยบูชา | sangR weeuyM buuM chaaM | to offer a sacrifice | |
| example | เครื่องเซ่น | khreuuangF senF | food offered to spirits of place; house; etc. |
| 2. [verb, transitive] | |||
| definition | [often used with ghosts and spirits] to make offerings or sacrifice to the spirits, to propritiate the spirits | ||
| examples | พิธีเซ่นผีปะกำ | phiH theeM senF pheeR bpaL gamM | [กวย (Suay) language] [of สุรินทร์ (Surin Province)] an auspicious act or ceremony of worshipping a family's guardian spirit by the animistic กวย (Suay) people before, for example, getting married or looping the elephants. (See Notes for an additional Thai anecdote). |
| เซ่นไหว้ | senF waiF | to make offerings to the spirits | |
| 3. [verb, transitive, colloquial] | |||
| definition | [slang] to bribe (a person) | ||
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