รุก

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		รุก r u k
Romanization	Paiboon	rúk
	Royal Institute	ruk
(standard) IPA(key)		/ruk̚˦˥/(R)
Homophones edit		รุกข์

Etymology 1

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

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

• กินรุก
• บุกรุก (bùk-rúk)
• รุกคืบ
• รุกฆาต
• รุกเงียบ
• รุกร้น
• รุกราน (rúk-raan)
• รุกล้ำ
• รุกไล่
• รุกหน้า
• หมากรุก (màak-rúk)

 

Etymology 2

Verb

รุก • (rúk) (abstract noun การรุก)

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