กรม

• Often pronounced กฺรม-มะ- (grom-má-) when prefixed to a one-syllable stem in a compound, resulting in the compound actually containing three syllables, as in กรมการ (grom-má-gaan), กรมขุน (grom-má-kǔn), กรมคลัง (grom-má-klang), กรมท่า (grom-má-tâa), กรมนา (grom-má-naa), กรมพระ (grom-má-prá), กรมเมือง (grom-má-mʉʉang), กรมวัง (grom-má-wang), กรมเวียง (grom-má-wiiang), กรมศักดิ์ (grom-má-sàk), กรมหมื่น (grom-má-mʉ̀ʉn), กรมหลวง (grom-má-lǔuang), etc.
• A similar rule is found in พล (pon).

Of uncertain origin.

กรม • (grom)

1. (botany) the plant Aporosa villosa (Wall. ex Lindl.) Baill. of the family Euphorbiaceae.

From contraction of กรรม (gam).

กรม • (grom)

1. (archaic and poetic) Alternative form of กรรม (gam)

From apocope of กรมธรรม์ (grom-má-tan).

กรม • (grom)

1. (archaic) Abbreviation of กรมธรรม์ (grom-má-tan).

From Old Khmer kra, kraha, kro, krara, gra (“destitute, poor; difficult, hard; insufficient, scarce; harsh; painful; severe; etc”). Compare Modern Khmer ក្រ (krɑɑ).

กรม • (grom) (abstract noun การกรม or ความกรม)

1. (somewhat archaic) Alternative form of ตรม (dtrom)

From Old Khmer krama, kraṃma (“arrangement, order; class, grade, rank; course, way; procedure, process; succession, series”). Compare Modern Khmer ក្រម (krɑm).

กรม • (grom)

1. (archaic) arrangement, order; class, grade, rank; course, way; procedure, process; succession, series.

From Old Khmer krama, kraṃma (“law; ordinance; regulation; rule”). Compare Modern Khmer ក្រម (krɑm).

กรม • (grom)

1. (archaic) law; ordinance; regulation; rule.

Possibly from Old Khmer krama, kraṃma (“class, grade, rank (within a hierarchy)”). Compare Modern Khmer ក្រម (krɑm), ក្រុម (krom).

กรม • (grom)

1. (historical)
   1. unit of armed men in the government system, commanded by a chief officer called เจ้ากรม (jâao-grom) and a deputy chief officer called ปลัดกรม (bpà-làt-grom). If the chief officer is a royal person, he or she is called เจ้าต่างกรม (jâao-dtàang-grom) and may be given one of the following บรรดาศักดิ์ (ban-daa-sàk, “noble rank”): (from highest to lowest) กรมพระยา (grom-prá-yaa), กรมพระ (grom-má-prá), กรมหลวง (grom-má-lǔuang), กรมขุน (grom-má-kǔn), กรมหมื่น (grom-má-mʉ̀ʉn).
   2. highest governmental department, roughly equivalent to modern-day ministry.
2. (government) governmental department, often commanded by a chief officer called อธิบดี (à-tí-bɔɔ-dii, “director-general”), subject to กระทรวง (grà-suuang, “ministry”) or ทบวง (tá-buuang, “bureau”), and divided into กอง (gɔɔng, “division”).
3. (sometimes colloquial) military agency; military base; military unit.