See also: วดี

Eastern Lawa edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

วัด (wat)

  1. to throw.

Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicวัด
w ạ ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonwát
Royal Institutewat
(standard) IPA(key)/wat̚˦˥/(R)
Homophones

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Khmer វត្ត (vatta), វត (vata), វ័ត (vâta), វត្យ (vatya), វត្រ (vatra), វត្ថ (vattha), -វាត (°vāta, Buddhist temple compound; monastery). Possibly related to Old Khmer វត្ត៑ (to encircle; to enclose > enceinte). Cognate with Modern Khmer វត្ត (voat); Lao ວັດ (wat); ᦞᧆ (vad); Shan ဝတ်ႉ (wâ̰t).

Noun edit

วัด (wát) (classifier วัด or หลัง or แห่ง)

  1. (irrespective of the religion) religious compound or place of worship, as temple, sanctuary, monastery, etc.
  2. (Thailand law) Buddhist compound; Buddhist place of worship; Buddhist temple; Buddhist monastery.
Synonyms edit
religious compound or place of worship
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • English: wat
  • Malay: wat
  • Pattani Malay: واء / วะ
  • Urak Lawoi': วัยจ (wac)

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Khmer *vas, vas, vās, *vās (to measure the circumference of land). Cognate with Modern Khmer វាស់ (vŏəh).

Verb edit

วัด (wát) (abstract noun การวัด)

  1. to compare; to measure.
  2. (slang) to duel.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Probably from Old Khmer vatta, Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer vatt, hvat, or Angkorian Old Khmer vatt, vatta, vāt, vātt, vvat, hvat, hvatt, vādya (to move in a circle, to go round, to turn, to rotate, to revolve, to gyrate; to move or occur in turn; to go around, to make a tour; to encircle, to surround; etc); or from Old Khmer *vas, vas, vās, *vās (to curve around; to sweep; to traverse). Cognate with Modern Khmer វាត់ (vŏət), វាស (viəh), extended as គ្រវាស (krɔviəh), from which Thai กระหวัด (grà-wàt) was derived.

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

วัด (wát) (abstract noun การวัด)

  1. to swing (a thread, string, arm, etc).