รุก

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Thai[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographic/Phonemicรุก
r u k
RomanizationPaiboonrúk
Royal Instituteruk
(standard) IPA(key)/ruk̚˦˥/(R)
Homophonesรุกข์

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Khmer *រុក៑ (*ruk) or Angkorian Old Khmer រុក៑ (ruk, “to invade; to force (one's way into); to thrust (into); to penetrate; to pierce; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer រុក (ruk).

Verb[edit]

รุก • (rúk) (abstract noun การรุก)

  1. to enter wrongfully or forcefully: to invade, to intrude, to poach, to trespass, to commit a trespass (upon), etc.
  2. (geology, of the sea) to transgress.
  3. (military, sports, etc) to attack; to make an offensive; to make an aggressive move or movement; to carry out an attacking campaign.
  4. (chess) to check.
  5. to be active or proactive; as opposed to รับ (ráp, “to be passive”).
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

รุก • (rúk) (abstract noun การรุก)

  1. (in seal carving) to reduce the size or thickness of a line.
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