กล

From Old Khmer kala (“art, cunning, ingenuity; trick, trickery, pretense; tactic, strategy; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer កល (kɑl).

กล • (gon)

1. magic: the art of producing illusions.
2. trick: feat of magic; crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, etc, intended to deceive or cheat.
3. fraud; deceit.
4. engine; machine; motor.

กล • (gon)

1. (chiefly poetic) as if; like.
   • พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรเมนทรมหาวชิราวุธ, พาหุงคำฉันท์:

     แสร้งเสกสราวุธประดิษฐ์ กลคิดจะรอนราน รุมพลพหลพยุหะปาน พระสมุทรทะนองมา

     sɛ̂ɛng sèek sà-raa-wú-tá bprà-dít · gà-lá kít jà rɔɔn-raan · rum pon pá-hǒn pá-yú-hà bpaan · prá-sà-mùt tá-nɔɔng maa

     The demon lord designedly employed his magical power to create splendid weapons as if to start war. He sent in a great many soldiers, like wild waves crushed in by the sea.

กล • (gon)

1. (chiefly poetic) like; resembling; similarly to; characteristic of; indicative of.