Agriculture in Thai

“Agriculture” in Thai is การเกษตรgaan-gà-sèet; you'll also hear เกษตรgà-sèet (in compounds).

การเกษตร gaan-gà-sèet

agriculture, farming noun

gaan mid
gà low
sèet low

Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.

เกษตร gà-sèet

agriculture (in compounds); agricultural noun

gà low
sèet low

Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.

How to use it

การเกษตรgaan-gà-sèet is agriculture, and farming for a living is ทำการเกษตรtam gaan-gà-sèet. In compounds it's just เกษตรgà-sèet: a farmer is a เกษตรกรgà-sèet-dtrà-gawn in formal Thai, organic farming is เกษตรอินทรีย์gà-sèet in-sii, and Kasetsart University in Bangkok is named after the subject.

Rice growing is so central to Thai life that a rice farmer is simply a ชาวนาchaao-naa, "field person".

Other spellings you'll see

There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:

kaset
kasettrakam
ka set
kan kaset

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