to mark down, to note down, to write down; to record, to register, to document · to order, to command, to decree; to rule, to decide, to judge; to enact, to legislate, to prescribe
köken: From Old Khmer កត៑ (kat), *កត៑ (*kat), កត (kata, “to mark down, to note down; to record, to register; to note, to observe”); extended as កំម្នត៑ (kaṃmnat), កាំនត (kāṃnata), whence Thai กำหนด (gam-nòt). Possibly doublet of จด (jòt). Cognate with Modern Khmer កត់ (kɑt), Lao ກົດ (kot).