Karma in Thai alphabet

[brutale]

How would one write Karma in Thai? Im talking about just the general idea of Karma. Neither good nor bad.

[Benny10]

How would one write Karma in Thai? Im talking about just the general idea of Karma. Neither good nor bad.

กรรม

 

edit: pronounced (krum)

Edited April 28, 2010 by Benny10

[Dr.Winston]

กรรม

 

edit: pronounced (krum)

That's correct. However it's pronounced 'kam' not 'krum'....it's just one of those weird Thai spellings.

[Benny10]

That's correct. However it's pronounced 'kam' not 'krum'....it's just one of those weird Thai spellings.

Correct. I just tried to adjust the pronounciation to the majority of English speakers here, who pronounce in some cases the U as an A such as in “hut” while in Thai or German it will be pronounced as an A like in “hard”.

[brutale]

Correct. I just tried to adjust the pronounciation to the majority of English speakers here, who pronounce in some cases the U as an A such as in “hut” while in Thai or German it will be pronounced as an A like in “hard”.

 

Thanks guys! Working on a tattoo idea with Karma in all the southeastern asian languages from the countries in which it is a major religion......

[Big Koala]

just a note.

"karma" is a Sanscrit word, pronounced pretty much as you read it.

"kamma" is the Pali language equivalent used by Theravada Buddhism,

pronounced more like "kumma", a short "a".

 

maybe try to find it written in Pali,

that would be very obscure.

[Dr.Winston]

Correct. I just tried to adjust the pronounciation to the majority of English speakers here, who pronounce in some cases the U as an A such as in “hut” while in Thai or German it will be pronounced as an A like in “hard”.

My point was that whether you pronounce it as a 'u' or an 'a' the 'r' in กรรม (Kam =Karma)is not pronounced even though the Thai character 'ร' Roo Ruea, which sounds like our 'r' is present. It's silent in this word.