From Old Khmer vatta, vata, vâta, vatya, vatra, vattha, °vāta (“religious compound; monastery”). Cognate with Modern Khmer វត្ត (voat); Thai วัด (wát), Lao ວັດ (wat); Lü ᦞᧆ (vad); Shan ဝတ်ႉ (wâ̰t).
ᥝᥩᥖ (woat) (1963 orthography ᥝᥩᥖ)