เซน

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Japanese 禅(ぜん) (zen), from Middle Chinese 禪 (MC dzyen), an abbreviation of 禪那 (MC dzyen na), from Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna). Doublet of ฌาน (chaan).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเซน
e z n
RomanizationPaiboonseen
Royal Institutesen
(standard) IPA(key)/seːn˧/(R)

Proper noun

เซน • (seen)

  1. (religion) Zen Buddhism.
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