กายกรรม

Thai

Etymology

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

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

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

• นักกายกรรม (nák-gaai-yá-gam)