Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented1n.
campaignlexitron
2n.
fight; battle; conflictlexitron
3n.
armed conflict; war; battle; fightwiktionary
4n.
armed force; army; troop(archaic)wiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesพวกเขาให้เชลยศึกและคนงานสร้างทางรถไฟ
They made prisoners of war and labourers build the railway.
Koko · เลยfrom ทางรถไฟสายมรณะ →
Built from
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *sɤkᴰ (“enemy; war”), from Old Chinese 賊 (OC *zɯːɡ, “thief; bandit”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩮᩥᩢ᩠ᨠ, Isan เสิก, Lao ເສິກ (sœk), Lü ᦵᦉᦲᧅ (ṡoek), Shan သိုၵ်း (súek), Ahom 𑜏𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (sük). Compare Old Khmer សើក (sœka, “army; armed conflict”), Khmer សឹក (sək). The spelling of the word was contaminated by ศึกษา (sʉ̀k-sǎa) which is a loanword from Sanskrit.