พลการ
Thai edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit बल (bala, “force; power; strength; etc.”) + कर (kara, “act; action; doing; etc.”). Literally "act by force" or "act of force".
Pronunciation edit
| 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 edit
พลการ • (pá-lá-gaan)
- an act done arbitrarily or without due authorisation; the state or condition of being arbitrary or without due authorisation.
- (obsolete) an act done on the actor's own initiative; the state or condition of being done on one's own initiative.
Derived terms edit
- โดยพลการ (dooi-pá-lá-gaan, “arbitrarily; initiatively”)