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การ

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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การ m

  1. Thai script form of kāra (“doing”)

Declension

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Thai

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Etymology

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    From Pali การ (kāra, “deed; service; act of mercy or worship; homage; noun suffix”) or Sanskrit कार (kāra, “making; producing; performing; action; etc.”). Cognate with Lao ການ (kān), Lü ᦂᦱᧃ (k̇aan).

    Pronunciation

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    Orthographicการ
    k ā r
    Phonemic
    กาน
    k ā n
    RomanizationPaiboongaan
    Royal Institutekan
    (standard) IPA(key)/kaːn˧/(R)
    Homophones
    Audio

    Noun

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    การ • (gaan)

    1. work; matter; task; affair

    Prefix

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    การ • (gaan)

    1. prefixed to nouns to form noun derivatives, meaning “affairs of.; matters of .; -ery; -y”
    2. prefixed to action verbs to form abstract nouns, meaning “act of .; -ing”

    Derived terms

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    Category Thai terms prefixed with การ- not found

    See also

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    Further reading

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    • “การ” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.