วัด

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Eastern Lawa

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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วัด (wat)

  1. to throw.

Thai

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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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

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

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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วัด (wát) (abstract noun การวัด)

  1. to compare; to measure.
  2. (slang) to duel.
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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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

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Verb

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วัด (wát) (abstract noun การวัด)

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