Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented(Buddhist) templelexitron
house of worship; house of prayer; monastery; temple and temple groundslexitron
religious compound or place of worship, as temple, sanctuary, monastery, etcwiktionary
Buddhist compound; Buddhist place of worship; Buddhist temple; Buddhist monastery(Thailand)wiktionary
to compare; to measurewiktionary
to duel(slang)wiktionary
to swing (a thread, string, arm, etc)wiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesบ้านของฉันอยู่ไม่ไกลจากวัดเก่า
My house isn't far from the old temples.
หลายคนก็จะไปวัด
Wan Phra isn't just about religion.
หรืออย่างน้อย ก็ติดต่อที่บ้านถามว่า แม่ไปวัดไหม
It's a rhythm that brings Thai families back to each other.
ในวันงาน เราไปทำบุญที่วัด
On the festival day, we go to make merit at the temple.
ทุกวันนี้ยังมีวัดเก่าและเจดีย์อยู่ทั่วเมือง
Even today there are old temples and pagodas all over the town.
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.