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กฎ

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Old Khmer កត៑ (kat), *កត៑ (*kat), កត (kata, to engrave, to inscribe, to mark down, to note down, to record, to register; to note, to observe; to decide, to solve, to resolve; etc); extended as កំម្នត៑ (kaṃmnat), កាំនត (kāṃnata), from which Thai กำหนด (gam-nòt) was derived. Cognate with Modern Khmer កត់ (kɑt); Lao ກົດ (kot). Possibly cognate with Thai กด (gòt).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicกฎ
k ᶑ
Phonemic
กด
k ɗ
RomanizationPaiboongòt
Royal Institutekot
(standard) IPA(key)/kot̚˨˩/(R)
Homophonesกช
กด
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Verb

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กฎ

  1. (archaic) to engrave, to inscribe; to mark down, to note down; to record, to register.
  2. (archaic) to command, to decree, to direct, to instruct, to order, to ordain; to rule, to decide, to judge, to solve, to resolve; to enact, to legislate, to prescribe, to regulate.

Noun

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กฎ

  1. (archaic) engravement, inscription; account, note, record, register.
  2. (archaic) command, decree, edict, direction, instruction, order, ordinance, prescription, precept; decision, ruling, judgment, verdict, resolution, solution.
  3. law; statue; regulation; rule.
  4. (administrative law) secondary legislation.

Derived terms

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