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รัก
รัก
Thai
Noun
รัก • (rák)
- love.
Verb
รัก • (rák) (abstract noun การรัก)
Etymology 2
From Sanskrit आर्क (ārka, “crown flower”)
Noun
รัก • (rák)
- the plant Calotropis gigantea (L.) Aiton f. of the family Asclepiadaceae, commonly known in English as crown flower.
Etymology 3
From Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā, “a species of plant”)
Noun
รัก • (rák)
- the plant Gluta usitata (Wallich) Ding Hou of the family Anacardiaceae, commonly known in English as Burmese lacquer.
Etymology
From a Mon-Khmer language; ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *r[a]k (“to love; beloved, dear”). Cognate with Lao ຮັກ (hak), Northern Thai ᩁᩢ᩠ᨠ (hak) and Shan ႁၵ်ႉ (hak5, “to love”). Outside Tai-Kadai, cognate with Khmer រាក់ (réak, “friendly, cordial, pleasant; intimate, affectionate”), as in រាក់ទាក់ (reak-teak, “friendly, warm, pleasant”). The Proto-Mon-Khmer root possibly represents an allofam of the proto-root *mr[a]k, *rmr[a]k (compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ma[a]k, *mak (“to like, love”)), whence Khmer ម្រក់ (mrôk, “girl's friend of same sex, man's friend's wife”), and possibly Thai มลัก (má-lák, “to love, to like”).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic/Phonemic |
รัก r ạ k |
|---|---|
| Paiboon | rák |
| (Bangkok) IPA(key) | /räk̚˦˥/ |
| Homophones |
รักข์ รักษ์ |
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