กายกรรม
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Thai[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
| Orthographic | กายกรรม k ā y k r r m | |
| Phonemic | กาย-ยะ-กำ k ā y – y a – k å | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | gaai-yá-gam |
| Royal Institute | kai-ya-kam | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kaːj˧.ja˦˥.kam˧/(R) | |
Noun[edit]
กายกรรม • (gaai-yá-gam)
- (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”).
- (religion, now rare) physical exercise by means of bending the body, as in yoga.
- (medicine, now rare) gymnastics.
- acrobatics.
Derived terms[edit]
- นักกายกรรม (nák-gaai-yá-gam)