ก๊ก

From Hokkien 國／国 (kok).

ก๊ก • (gók)

1. (rare) polity, as state, city-state, region, country, etc.
2. (slang) group; category; class.

• The sense polity chiefly appears in old literature as a direct transliteration (rather than a translation) of the Chinese word 國／国 (kok). For example, สามก๊ก (sǎam-gók, “Three States”) is a transliteration of 三國／三国 (sam-kok), and ง่อก๊ก (ngɔ̂ɔ-gók, “Wu State”) is a transliteration of 吳國／吴国 (ngô͘-kok).

• (country) See บ้านเมือง (bâan-mʉʉang).