เกิด

See also: เกด

Thai

Etymology

From Old Khmer កេត (keta), កើត (kœta, “to bring into existence; to come into existence; etc”); thus cognate with Modern Khmer កើត (kaət); extended as Old Khmer កំនេត (kaṃneta), កុំនេត (kuṃneta), etc, from which Thai กำเนิด (gam-nə̀ət) is derived, and as Old Khmer បង្កេត៑ (paṅket), from which Thai บังเกิด is derived.

Cognate also with Lao ເກີດ (kœ̄t), Lü ᦵᦂᦲᧆ (k̇oed), Northern Thai ᨠᩮᩥ᩠ᨭ.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		เกิด e k i ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	gə̀ət
	Royal Institute	koet
(standard) IPA(key)		/kɤːt̚˨˩/(R)

Verb

เกิด • (gə̀ət) (abstract noun การเกิด)

1. to come into being: to be born, to rise, to originate, to emerge, to occur, to happen, to take place, etc.
2. (slang) to rise; to shine; to be or become conspicuous, prominent, or popular.

Usage notes

• Sometimes seen preceding the subject, such as:
  • เกิดเรื่อง

    gə̀ət rʉ̂ʉang

    Trouble happens.

  • เกิดเหตุ

    gə̀ət hèet

    An incident takes place.

  • เกิดอะไร

    gə̀ət à-rai

    What happens?

Conjunction

เกิด • (gə̀ət)

1. used to introduce a likelihood, possibility, or supposition: if, should, in case that, if it happens to be that, etc