กายกรรม

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Thai

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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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.

Derived terms

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