กร

กร ?

1. Thai script form of kara (“the Pali root kar”)

Borrowed from Old Khmer ករ (kara, “hand; finger”); ultimately from Pali kara (“producing, causing, forming, making, doing; maker, doer”) or Sanskrit कर (kara, “doer, maker, causer; doing, making, producing, causing”). Cognate with Khmer ករ (kɑɑ); Lao ກອນ (kǭn). Related to การ (gaan), กรรม (gam), กรณี (gɔɔ-rá-nii), กรณีย์.

กร • (gɔɔn)

1. (elegant, literary, poetic) hand; arm.
   • 1916, กรมหมื่นพิทยาลงกรณ์, พระนลคำฉันท์, สรรคที่ ๓:

     อ้าองค์พระทรงฤทธิ์ สุรสิทธิ์มหิศร โลกหล้านรากร กรก้มประนมคัล

     âa ong prá song rít · sù-rá sìt má-hìt-sɔ̌ɔn · lôok-lâa ná-raa-gɔɔn · gà-rá gôm bprà-nom kan

     Ah, afore thee, Lord Almighty, Wielder of Divine Power and Supreme Authority, we, members of the humankind throughout the earth, do hereby press our palms together and bow down in salute.

2. (royal) (พระ~) hand; arm.
3. (chiefly as a suffix) doer, performer; maker, creator, producer, causer.

Borrowed from Pali kara (“ray”).

กร • (gɔɔn)

1. (elegant, chiefly in combination) light.

• “กร” 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.