ฎีกา

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ฎีกา ᶑ ī k ā
Phonemic		ดี-กา ɗ ī – k ā
Romanization	Paiboon	dii-gaa
	Royal Institute	di-ka
(standard) IPA(key)		/diː˧.kaː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Pali ṭīkā (“sub-commentary”); perhaps via Old Khmer ṭīkā (“clarification; commentary; decree; explanation; instruction; order; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ដីកា (dəykaa).

Noun

ฎีกา • (dii-gaa)

1. (chiefly Buddhism) clarification; commentary; explanation
2. (chiefly Buddhism) invitation (made to a priest)
3. (chiefly Buddhism) letter of charitable solicitation
4. (of a buddha or high priest) (พระ~, พระพุทธ~, พุทธ~) command, decree; speech, statement, utterance
5. memorial or petition (submitted to a monarch)
6. (law) final appeal; appeal to a supreme court; appeal to a court of last resort
7. (now rare) request for permission to withdraw money
8. (archaic) statement of fees or charges, as bill, invoice, etc.

Verb

ฎีกา • (dii-gaa)

1. to submit a memorial or petition (to a monarch)
2. (law) to lodge a final appeal; to appeal (to a supreme court or court of last resort)

Derived terms

• ใบฎีกา
• ศาลฎีกา (sǎan-dii-gaa)

Related terms

• อุทธรณ์ (ùt-tɔɔn)

Etymology 2

From clipping of ศาลฎีกา (sǎan-dii-gaa), from ศาล (sǎan, “court”) +‎ ฎีกา (dii-gaa, “petition (submitted to a monarch); final appeal”).

Proper noun

ฎีกา • (dii-gaa)

1. (slang) Supreme Court of Justice of Thailand
   • 2017 May 3, “ฎีกายืนจำคุกผู้พันตึ๋ง ๖ ปี กรรโชกทรัพย์ตลาดไนท์บาซาร์”, in โพสต์ทูเดย์ออนไลน์‎^[1], Bangkok: โพสต์ทูเดย์, archived from the original on 6 May 2017:

     ฎีกายืนจำคุกผู้พันตึ๋ง ๖ ปี กรรโชกทรัพย์ตลาดไนท์บาซาร์

     dii-gaa yʉʉn jam-kúk pûu-pan dtʉ̌ng · hòk · bpii · gan-chôok sáp dtà-làat nái-baa-sâa

     Top court affirms six-year imprisonment [sentence of] Colonel Tueng [for] extorting property [at] Night Bazaar market

Further reading

• “ฎีกา” 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.