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)

1. sport.

   เล่นกีฬา

   lên gii-laa

   to play sports

Derived terms

• นักกีฬา (nák-gii-laa)