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กรรม  gamM  /  gamM maH
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1.deed; kamma; karma; sin; bad karma earned
2.action; act
3.[a suffix reflecting] an enterprise; undertaking; [a formalizing Pali suffix that changes a verb or adj. into a noun]
4.[grammar] the object of a verb

pronunciation guide
Phonemic Thaiกัม
IPAkam
Royal Thai General Systemkam

1. common Thai word   [noun, formal, loanword, Sanskrit]
definition
deed; kamma; karma; sin; bad karma earned

examplesกรรมฐานgamM thaanR[usually preceded by นั่ง  (to sit) or วิปัสสนา (spiritual contemplation)] Karmasthana or Buddhist meditation, which is a mode of Buddhist meditation leading to a thorough tranquility of mind
กรรมพันธุ์gamM phan[t]Mheredity
กรรมพิธีgamM maH phiH theeMrite; ritual; ceremony
ฆาตกรรมkhaatF gamMmurder
ฆาตกรรมหมู่khaatF gamM muuLmassacre
ชะตากรรมchaH dtaaM gamMlot; destiny; fate
ถึงแก่กรรมtheungR gaaeL gamM[formal term for all] to pass away; to die
ถึงแก่นิจกรรมtheungR gaaeL aL nitH gamM[used with those who hold the rank of พระยา] to pass away; to die
ถึงแก่อสัญกรรมtheungR gaaeL aL sanR gamM[used with those who hold the rank of เจ้าพระยา ] to pass away; to die
นิรโทษกรรมniH raH thohtF gamMamnesty; absolution; pardon
บาปกรรมbaapL gamMsin; demerit
เวรกรรมwaehnM gamMkarma, a consequence of an action; fate; misfortune; retribution
เวรกรรม!waehnM gamM[exclamation] "How unlucky I am!" or "My Bad luck!"
sample
sentences
กรรมใดใครก่อ กรรมนั้นย่อมสนอง
gamM daiM khraiM gaawL gamM nanH yaawmF saL naawngR
"As you sow, so you shall reap."
กรรมตามสนอง
gamM dtaamM saL naawngR
"What goes around comes around."
ไปทำเวรทำกรรมอะไรมาหนอเรา ถึงต้องมาเจอแบบนี้!?
bpaiM thahmM waehnM thahmM gamM aL raiM maaM naawR raoM theungR dtaawngF maaM juuhrM baaepL neeH
[self-pity, wonder] "What have I done to deserve this?!!!"
2.   [noun, loanword, Pali]
definition
action; act

examplesกรรมการgamM maH gaanMcommittee; board member
กรรมการgamM gaanMreferee; umpire
กรรมวิธีgamM wiH theeMmethod; way; means; process; working procedure
กรรมสิทธิ์gamM sitLownership, title for a plot of land or property
กายกรรมgaayM gamMgymnastics
กิจกรรมgitL gamMactivity
สังฆกรรมsangR khaH gamMa religious rite, ceremony, or service
3.   [particle, formal, loanword, Pali]
definition
[a suffix reflecting] an enterprise; undertaking; [a formalizing Pali suffix that changes a verb or adj. into a noun]

categories
examples
กรดที่บรรจุหน่วยพันธุกรรม
grohtL theeF banM jooL nuayL phanM thooH gamM
nucleic acid
การฆาตกรรมgaanM khaatF gamMmurder
กุศลกรรมgooL sohnR gamMphilanthropic act or deed
เกษตรกรรมgaL saeht[r]L gamMagriculture
จิตรกรรมjit[r]L gamMa painting
ธุรกรรมthooH raH gamM[in abstract] the business (of...)
ปฏิมากรรมbpaL dtiL maaM gamMsculpture
ประดิษฐ์กรรมbpraL dit[t]L gamM[the process of] invention
ประติมากรรมbpraL dtiL maaM gamMa variation of ปฏิมากรรม
พันธุกรรมphanM thooH gamMgenetics
พิธีกรรมphiH theeM gamMrite; worship; ceremony
เภสัชกรรมphaehM satL chaH gamMpharmaceuticals
วรรณกรรมwanM naH gamMLiterature, piece of literature, work of literature
ศิลปกรรมsin[p]R gamMa work of art
สูติกรรมsuuR dtiL gamMchildbirth; midwifery; obstretrics
สูทกรรมsuutL gamMcookery; cooking
หน่วยพันธุกรรมnuayL phanM thooH gamMgenes
หัตถกรรม hat[t]L gamMhandicraft
อุตสาหกรรมootL saaR haL gamM[general] industry
อุตสาหกรรมootL saa[h]R gamMindustrial enterprise; industry; industrial undertaking
as a suffixจารกรรมjaanM gamMespionage
ศัลยกรรมsanR laH yaH gamM[the practice of] surgery
4.   [noun, formal, loanword, Pali]
definition
[grammar] the object of a verb

categories
exampleกรรมวาจกgamM waaM johkL[Thai grammar] Passive Voice

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