ဝတ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wʊʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: wat • ALA-LC: vatʻ • BGN/PCGN: wut • Okell: wuʔ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *w(y)a-t ~ wit (“to wear; to clothe”). Cognate with Nuosu ꃢ (vit), Lolopo veixr (“to wear, to put on (clothes)”), Athpare वाट्मा (waʈma, “to put on clothes, to wear”), वाप्‍मा (wapma, “to wear”).

Verb

ဝတ် • (wat)

1. to wear (have on (clothes))

Synonyms

• ရုံ (rum)

Derived terms

• ဝတ်ရုံ (watrum)

Etymology 2

From Pali vatta.

Noun

ဝတ် • (wat)

1. duty, responsibility

Derived terms

• ဧည့်ဝတ် (e-ny.wat)