กีฬา

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali kīḷā (“sport; play”). Compare กรีฑา (“athletics”), which is from Sanskrit क्रीडा (krīḍā). Cognate with Khmer កីឡា (kəylaa), Lao ກີລາ (kī 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˧/

Noun

กีฬา • (gii-laa)

sport.
- เล่นกีฬา
  lên gii-laa
  to play sports

Derived terms

นักกีฬา (nák-gii-laa)