วัด

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See also: วดี

Eastern Lawa

Pronunciation

Verb

วัด (wat)

  1. to throw.

Thai

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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
religious compound or place of worship
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: wat
  • Malay: wat
  • Pattani Malay: واء / วะ
  • Urak Lawoi': วัยจ (wac)

Etymology 2

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

Verb

วัด (wát) (abstract noun การวัด)

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

Etymology 3

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

Verb

วัด (wát) (abstract noun การวัด)

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