Dictionary entry
บาท
baht
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedcantolexitron
bahtlexitron
footlexitron
stanzalexitron
feetlexitron
(classifer ข้าง or คู่) foot(formal)wiktionary
an honorific for or term of address to a god, high priest, or royal person, also applicable to his or her representation, as an image, statue, etcwiktionary
baht: a Thai unit of currency, equal to 4 สลึง (sà-lʉ̌ng). Abbreviation: บ. (bɔɔ.)wiktionary
a Thai unit of poem: line, stanza, versewiktionary
a Thai unit of weight, equal to 15 gramswiktionary
a Thai unit of time, equal to one tenth of an hour, that is, 6 minutes(historical)wiktionary
priest(in-compounds)wiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesเงินเดือนที่พ่อแม่ส่งมาให้ฉัน เดือนละ 7,000 บาท
The money my parents send me — 7,000 baht a month.
ซื้อกาแฟแก้วละ 80 บาท ที่ร้านในมหา'ลัย
I buy an 80-baht coffee at a shop on campus.
7,000 บาทที่ฉันได้
The 7,000 baht I get —
ฉันรู้ว่าทุกบาท แลกมาด้วยอะไร
I know what every baht is exchanged for.
ค่าเช่าเดือนละ 8,000 บาท
Rent was 8,000 baht a month.
Built from
Borrowed from Pali pāda (“foot”) or Sanskrit पाद (pāda, “foot”); perhaps via Old Khmer pāda, pādda, pada, padda (“foot (as body organ, or as emblematic of sacred persons or things)”). Cognate with Modern Khmer បាទ (baat). Borrowed from Sanskrit पाद (pāda, “quarter”); perhaps via Old Khmer pāda, pādda, pada, padda (“quarter: unit of currency or measure”). Cognate with Modern Khmer បាទ (baat). Possibly borrowed from Latin patre, pater (“father”); Portuguese padre (“father”); or Spanish padre (“father”).
A note on usage
มาตราเงินตามวิธีประเพณี 100 สตางค์ หรือ 4 สลึง เท่ากับ 1 บาท