ศึกษา

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिक्षा (śikṣā, education). Doublet of สิกขา, ซิก (sík), ซิกข์, สิกข์, and สิข (sìk).

Compare with Lao ສຶກສາ (sưk sā), Northern Thai ᩆᩧᨠ᩠ᩇᩣ.

Pronunciation

Orthographicศึกษา
ɕ ụ k ʂ ā
Phonemic
สึก-สา
s ụ k – s ā
RomanizationPaiboonsʉ̀k-sǎa
Royal Institutesuek-sa
(standard) IPA(key)/sɯk̚˨˩.saː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ศึกษา • (sʉ̀k-sǎa)

  1. studying; learning; education

Verb

ศึกษา • (sʉ̀k-sǎa) (abstract noun การศึกษา)

  1. to study; to learn; to be educated

Usage notes

As affix or compound part, ศึกษา means the studying/learning of something. For isolate noun, usually used as การศึกษา (gaan-sʉ̀k-sǎa).

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ศึกษา” 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.