ภาค

From Pali bhāga (“part; portion; fraction; share; etc”); ultimately from Sanskrit भाग (bhāga, idem); probably via Old Khmer bhāga (“luck, fortune; part, region, division, section; portion, lot; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ភាគ (phiək); Lao ພາກ (phāk); Burmese ဘက် (bhak).

ภาค • (pâak)

1. (elegant) (if belonging to a god, high priest, or royal person: พระ~) luck; good luck; good fortune.
2. part; section; division; region; area.
3. part; piece; portion; fraction; fragment.
4. (of a literary work, musical work, cinematographic work, etc) part; division; section; volume; episode; chapter.
5. party; faction; sect.
6. (historical, Thailand government) also known as มณฑลภาค (mon-ton-pâak): administrative division of Thailand from 1915–1926, being a group of มณฑล (mon-ton, “prefectures”), governed by อุปราช (ùp-bpà-ràat, “viceroy”).
7. (education) semester.
8. (chiefly in combination) that which divides or separates: mark, punctuation mark, etc.