วัด

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Khmer vatta, vata, vâta, vatya, vatra, vattha, °vāta (“religious compound; monastery”). Compare Modern Khmer វត្ត (voat); Lao ວັດ (wat); Lü ᦞᧆ (vad); Shan ဝတ်ႉ (wâ̰t).

Etymology 2

From Old Khmer *vas, vas, vās, *vās (“to measure the circumference of land”). Compare Modern Khmer វាស់ (vŏəh).

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”). Compare Modern Khmer វាត់ (vŏət), វាស (viəh), extended as គ្រវាស (krɔviəh), from which Thai กระหวัด (grà-wàt) was derived.