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), Northern Thai ᨠᩦᩊᩣ.

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)

sport.
เล่นกีฬา
lên gii-laa
to play sports

Derived terms

นักกีฬา (nák-gii-laa)

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