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Where does “sena” come from?

sena (Pali) comes from Sanskrit श्येन, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćyaynás, from Proto-Indo-European ḱy-ey-nó-s.

sena (Pali): army; inflection of sena : ## ablative...

Definitions

  1. army; inflection of sena : ## ablative...

Ancestry of “sena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritश्येनa hawk, falcon or eagle; The name of a divine...
2Proto-Indo-Iranianćyaynásfalcon
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱy-ey-nó-s—

Words derived from “sena”

  • อัครมหาเสนาบดี
  • เสนาบดี
  • เสนา
  • senāpati
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