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กีฬา

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Thai

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Pali kīḷā (sport; play). Compare กรีฑา (grii-taa, athletics), which is from Sanskrit क्रीडा (krīḍā). Cognate with Khmer កីឡា (kəylaa), Lao ກີລາ (kī lā) or ກິລາ (ki lā), Northern Thai ᨠᩦᩊᩣ.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicกีฬา
k ī ɭ ā
Phonemic
กี-ลา
k ī – l ā
RomanizationPaiboongii-laa
Royal Instituteki-la
(standard) IPA(key)/kiː˧.laː˧/(R)

Noun

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กีฬา (gii-laa)

  1. sport.
    เล่นกีฬา
    lên gii-laa
    to play sports

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • กีฬา” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.