กีฬา
Thai
Etymology
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).
Pronunciation
| 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
กีฬา • (gii-laa)