Thai

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Etymology

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From Khmer កំរាប (kɑmriəp, to subdue; to flatten; etc), an extended form of ក្រាប (kraap), from Old Khmer krāpa (to lower oneself to the ground in token of submission), from which Thai กราบ (gràap) was derived.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicกำราบ
k å r ā ɓ
Phonemic
กำ-หฺราบ
k å – h ̥ r ā ɓ
RomanizationPaiboongam-ràap
Royal Institutekam-rap
(standard) IPA(key)/kam˧.raːp̚˨˩/(R)

Verb

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กำราบ (gam-ràap) (abstract noun การกำราบ)

  1. to suppress; to subdue; to reduce to submission; to humble; to subjugate; to tame.