กายกรรม

Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit कायकर्म (kāyakarma, literally “act of body”), from काय (kāya, “body”) + कर्म (karma, “act; action; activity”); equivalent to Thai กาย (gaai) +‎ กรรม (gam).

Pronunciation
Orthographicกายกรรม
k ā y k r r m
Phonemicกาย-ยะ-กำ
k ā y – y a – k å
RomanizationPaiboongaai-yá-gam
Royal Institutekai-ya-kam
(standard) IPA(key)/kaːj˧.ja˦˥.kam˧/

Noun

กายกรรม • (gaai-yá-gam)

  1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) act done physically, physical conduct, physical action, as opposed to มโนกรรม (má-noo-gam, “act done in mind; act done mentally; mental action”) and วจีกรรม (wá-jii-gam, “act done through speech; act done orally; oral action”).
  2. (religion, now rare) physical exercise by means of bending the body, as in yoga.
  3. (medicine, now rare) gymnastics.
  4. acrobatics.

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