Surname · Hindi
सेन
“army”
सेन (sen) is a surname from Prakrit, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian. It is used in Hindi.
HindiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: Sen.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
सेन comes from Prakrit, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Prakrit 𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀸, from Sanskrit सेना (“army”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáynaH.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
सेन’s family of names
In Hindi usage, सेन as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Sen.
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