กร

Thai

pron
Definitions
  • (elegant) hand; arm.
  • (royal) hand; arm.
  • (chiefly as a suffix) doer, performer; maker, creator, producer, causer.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Khmer kara (hand, finger) derived from Pali kara (ray, causing, forming, maker, making, doing, doer, producing) derived from Sanskrit कर (hand, doer, doing, effecting, giving, producing, causing, maker, finger, making, causer).

Origin

Sanskrit

कर

Gloss

hand, doer, doing, effecting, giving, producing, causing, maker, finger, making, causer

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
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