กีฬา
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Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]| Orthographic | กีฬา k ī ɭ ā | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | กี-ลา k ī – l ā | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | gii-laa |
| Royal Institute | ki-la | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kiː˧.laː˧/(R) | |
Noun
[edit]กีฬา • (gii-laa)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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.