พลการ

Thai

Etymology

From Sanskrit बल (bala, “force; power; strength; etc.”) + कर (kara, “act; action; doing; etc.”). Literally "act by force" or "act of force".

Pronunciation

Orthographic		พลการ b l k ā r
Phonemic		พะ-ละ-กาน b a – l a – k ā n
Romanization	Paiboon	pá-lá-gaan
	Royal Institute	pha-la-kan
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰa˦˥.la˦˥.kaːn˧/(R)

Noun

พลการ • (pá-lá-gaan)

1. an act done arbitrarily or without due authorisation; the state or condition of being arbitrary or without due authorisation.
2. (obsolete) an act done on the actor's own initiative; the state or condition of being done on one's own initiative.

Derived terms

• โดยพลการ (dooi-pá-lá-gaan, “arbitrarily; initiatively”)