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วัด

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1n.

(Buddhist) templelexitron

2n.

house of worship; house of prayer; monastery; temple and temple groundslexitron

3n.

religious compound or place of worship, as temple, sanctuary, monastery, etcwiktionary

4n.

Buddhist compound; Buddhist place of worship; Buddhist temple; Buddhist monastery(Thailand)wiktionary

5v.

to compare; to measurewiktionary

6v.

to duel(slang)wiktionary

7v.

to swing (a thread, string, arm, etc)wiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

หลายคนก็จะไปวัด

Wan Phra isn't just about religion.

Ploy · เชียงใหม่from วันพระ →

หรืออย่างน้อย ก็ติดต่อที่บ้านถามว่า แม่ไปวัดไหม

It's a rhythm that brings Thai families back to each other.

Ploy · เชียงใหม่from วันพระ →

ทุกวันนี้ยังมีวัดเก่าและเจดีย์อยู่ทั่วเมือง

Even today there are old temples and pagodas all over the town.

Alin · อุดรธานีfrom เมืองเก่าริมน้ำ →

Built from

From Sanskrit वाट (vāṭa, “enclosure”), possibly via 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); Lü ᦞᧆ (vad); Shan ဝတ်ႉ (wâ̰t). From Old Khmer *vas, vas, vās, *vās (“to measure the circumference of land”). Cognate with Modern Khmer វាស់ (vŏəh). 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 (krɔɔviəh), from which Thai กระหวัด (grà-wàt) was derived.