เกษตร

Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra, farm; field). Compare Pali khetta, from which Thai เขต (kèet) is derived.

Pronunciation

Orthographicเกษตร
e k ʂ t r
Phonemic
กะ-เสด
k a – e s ɗ
[bound form]
กะ-เสด-ตฺระ-
k a – e s ɗ – t ̥ r a –
RomanizationPaiboongà-sèetgà-sèet-dtrà-
Royal Instituteka-setka-set-tra-
(standard) IPA(key)/ka˨˩.seːt̚˨˩/(R)/ka˨˩.seːt̚˨˩.tra˨˩./

Noun

เกษตร • (gà-sèet)

  1. (elegant) land; tract of land.
  2. (elegant) area; region; district; territory; realm.
  3. (elegant) farm; farmland.
  4. (chiefly in combination) farming; agriculture.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • เกษตร” 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.