รัก

From a Mon-Khmer language; ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *r(a)k (“to love; beloved, dear”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩁᩢ᩠ᨠ, Isan ฮัก, Lao ຮັກ (hak), Lü ᦣᧅ (hak), Shan ႁၵ်ႉ (hâ̰k), Tai Nüa ᥞᥐᥳ (hak⁵). Outside Tai-Kadai, cognate with Khmer រាក់ (rĕək, “friendly, cordial, pleasant; intimate, affectionate”), as in រាក់ទាក់ (reak-teak, “friendly, warm, pleasant”). The Proto-Mon-Khmer root possibly represents an allofam of the proto-root *mr[a]k, *rmr[a]k (compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *mak ~ *ma(a)k (“to like, love”)), whence Khmer ម្រក់ (mrŭək, “girl's friend of same sex, man's friend's wife”), and possibly Thai มลัก (má-lák, “to love, to like”).

รัก • (rák)

1. love

รัก • (rák) (abstract noun การรัก)

1. to love

   พวกเขารักกันมาก

   pûuak-kǎo rák gan mâak

   They love each other so much.

Calotropis gigantea' (L.) Aiton f.}}

Cognate with Lao ຮັກ (hak). Compare Sanskrit आर्क (ārka, “crown flower”), Pali akka.

รัก • (rák)

1. the plant Calotropis gigantea (L.) Aiton f. of the subfamily Asclepiadoideae, commonly known in English as crown flower.

From Proto-Tai *rakᴰ (“lacquer”). Compare Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā, “a species of plant”).

รัก • (rák)

1. the plant Gluta usitata (Wallich) Ding Hou of the family Anacardiaceae, commonly known in English as Burmese lacquer.