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{{also|WAT|Wat|wät|wát|Wät}}
==English==
[[File:Ayutthaya_Thailand_2004.jpg|thumb|'''Wat''' Chai Watthanaram]]

===Etymology 1===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|th|วัด|tr=wát}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/wat/|/wɒt/|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wat.wav|a=Southern England}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A [[Buddhist]] [[temple]] in Southeast Asia, especially those in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.
#: {{ux|en|There are two '''wats''' near this village.}}
#: {{ux|en|Angkor '''Wat'''}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=The kingdom and people of Siam|volume=1|page=165|author=Sir John Bowring|year=1857|passage=Having at last got past the crowd of boats, we advanced rapidly for two hours more, when we stopped at a '''wat''', in order to give the men a rest.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Religions and societies, Asia and the Middle East|page=379|author=Carlo Caldarola|year=1982|passage=Aside from its religious function in the community, the '''wat''' also performs a large variety of social functions.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1996|author=James Bissett Pratt|title=The Pilgrimage of Buddhism and a Buddhist Pilgrimage|page=194|passage=It would be a mistake, however, to emphasize the Hindu element in Cambodian Buddhism and Cambodian temples. At its greatest it is always a subordinate element and in most of the '''wats''' or temples it hardly appears at all, {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=The arts of Thailand|page=15|author=Steve Van Beek|coauthors=Luca Invernizzi|year=1999|passage=It is often possible to discern the motivation or importance of a '''wat''' by examining its name}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Thailand handbook|page=268|author=Joshua Eliot|coauthors=Jane Bickersteth|year=2003|passage=The ubosoth is in a small enclosure just before the main entrance to the '''wat''', on the right, which has fine gilded doors. The '''wat''' has a small museum.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|Buddhist temple}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ဝတ်ကျောင်း}}, {{t+|my|ဝက်}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|佛寺|tr=fósì}}, {{t+|cmn|寺院|tr=fóyuàn}}, {{t|cmn|漥寺|tr=wāsì}}, {{t|cmn|洼寺|tr=wāsì}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|wat|m}}
* Dzongkha: {{t-needed|dz}}
* Esperanto: {{t-needed|eo}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[buddhalainen]] [[temppeli]]}}, {{t+|fi|wat}}
* Hindi: {{t-needed|hi}}
* Isan: {{t-needed|tts}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|寺院|tr=じいん, ji'in}}, {{t+|ja|ワット|tr=watto}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|វត្ត}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|와트}}, {{t+|ko|사원(寺院)}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ວັດ}}
* Lü: {{t|khb|ᦞᧆ|sc=Talu}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|wat}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|वाट}}
* Northern Thai: {{t-needed|nod}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|wat|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ват|m}}
* Shan: {{t-needed|shn}}
* Sinhalese: {{t-needed|si}}
* Southern Thai: {{t-needed|sou}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|templo budista|m}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|วัด}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ལྷ་ཁང|sc=Tibt}}
* Zhuang: {{t-needed|za}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|chedi}}
* {{l|en|pagoda}}
* {{l|en|stupa}}
* {{pedia}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowing from {{bor|en|am|ወጥ}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|?}}

# {{lb|en|cooking}} A kind of [[stew]] or [[curry]] eaten in [[Ethiopia]] and [[Eritrea]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Steven Barboza|title=Culinary Delights of Africa Reflect a Continent's Diversity|work=The New York Times|date=1987-07-29|brackets=on|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/29/style/culinary-delights-of-africa-reflect-a-continents-diversity.html|issn=0362-4331|passage=In Ethiopia, a volcanic pepper and spice seasoning, berbere, is widely used, and the stews called '''wats''' are eaten with a spongy flat bread, injera.}}

===Etymology 3===
Variation of {{m|en|what}}, used for humorous effect.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/wæ(ː)t/|a=UK,US}}
* {{rhymes|en|æt|s=1}}

====Pronoun====
{{en-pron}}

# {{lb|en|informal|Internet|text messaging}} {{alternative spelling of|en|what}}

====Adverb====
{{en-adv|-}}

# {{lb|en|informal|Internet|text messaging}} {{alternative spelling of|en|what}}

====Determiner====
{{en-det}}

# {{lb|en|informal|Internet|text messaging}} {{alternative spelling of|en|what}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=atw|ATW|AWT|TWA|Taw|Twa|WTA|taw}}

{{C|en|Cambodia|Laos|Places of worship|Thailand}}
{{cln|en|three-letter words}}

==A-Pucikwar==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|apq|qfa-adm-pro|*wat}}.

===Noun===
{{head|apq|noun}}

# [[bat]]
# [[flying fox]]

===References===
* Juliette Blevins, ''[https://julietteblevins.ws.gc.cuny.edu/files/2016/10/Blevins2009_AndamanesePreHistory.pdf Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide]'', pg. 20 (2009)

{{c|apq|Bats}}

==Afrikaans==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|af|nl|wat}}, from {{inh|af|dum|wat}}, from {{inh|af|odt|wat}}, from {{inh|af|gem-pro|*hwat}}, from {{inh|af|ine-pro|[[*kʷód]], [[*kʷod]]}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|af|/vat/}}
* {{audio|af|LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-wat.wav}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|af|pronoun}}

# {{lb|af|interrogative|non-personal}} [[what]]
#: {{coordinate terms|af|wie|q=personal}}
#: {{uxi|af|'''Wat''' het julle gedrink?|'''What''' did you guys drink?}}
# {{lb|af|relative|personal and non-personal|subject and object}} [[who]], [[whom]], [[which]], [[that]]
#: {{uxi|af|die man '''wat''' hier woon|the man '''who''' lives here}}
#: {{uxi|af|die huis '''wat''' ons gebou het|the house '''that''' we built}}
# {{lb|af|relative|personal and non-personal|with {{w|preposition stranding}}}} [[who]], [[which]], [[that]]
#: {{synonyms|af|[[waar|waar-]]|q1=without stranding|wie|q2=personal only}}
#: {{uxi|af|die meisie '''wat''' ek <u>mee</u> gedans het|the girl '''who''' I danced <u>with</u>}}
#: {{uxi|af|die maatskappy '''wat''' ek <u>voor</u> gewerk het|the company '''that''' I worked <u>for</u>}}
# {{lb|af|relative|non-personal|before {{m|af|se}}}} [[whose]], of which
#: {{coordinate terms|af|wie|q=personal}}
#: {{uxi|af|die land '''wat''' <u>se</u> president afgetree het|the country '''whose''' president stepped down}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|af|watter}}

====See also====
{{af-relative pronouns}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
{{root|nl|ine-pro|*kʷ-}}
From {{inh|nl|dum|wat}}, from {{inh|nl|odt|wat}}, from {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*hwat}}, from {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*hwat}}, from {{der|nl|ine-pro|*kʷód}}, {{m|ine-pro|*kʷod}}, compare {{cog|fy|wat}}, {{cog|en|what}}, {{cog|de|was}}, {{cog|da|hvad}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ʋɑt/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-wat.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|wat}}
* {{rhymes|nl|ɑt|s=1}}
* {{homophones|nl|wad|watt}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|nl|pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns|cat3=relative pronouns}}

# {{lb|nl|interrogative}} [[what]]: e.g. (1) asking for a [[subject complement]]; (2) asking for a sentence object
#: (1) '''''Wat''' is dat?'' &mdash; ''What'' is that?
#: (2) '''''Wat''' wil je doen?'' &mdash; ''What'' do you want to do?
# {{lb|nl|relative}} [[what]]: e.g. (1) as the object of a sentence; (2) ditto
#: (1) ''Ik weet niet '''wat''' ik wil doen.'' &mdash; I don't know ''what'' I want to do.
#: (2) ''Jij moet afblijven van '''wat''' jij daar ziet.'' &mdash; You must not touch ''what'' you see there.
# {{lb|nl|relative}} [[that]]: e.g. (1) modifying an [[indefinite pronoun]] like [[iets]], [[niets]], [[alles]] or [[het enige]]; (2) modifying an [[adjective]] that is used as a noun, usually a superlative
#: (1) ''Geef mij maar alles '''wat''' eetbaar is.'' &mdash; Please give me everything that is edible.
#: (2) ''Het duurste '''wat''' er was.'' &mdash; The most expensive ''that'' there was.
# {{lb|nl|relative}} [[which]]: e.g. (1) modifying the [[demonstrative pronoun]]s [[dat]] and [[datgene]]; (2) referring back to an entire sentence
#: (1) ''Hij nam precies datgene '''wat''' ik had gewild'' &mdash; He took exactly that ''which'' I had wanted.
#: (2) ''Jantje deed het in z’n broek, '''wat''' zijn moeder in verlegenheid bracht.'' &mdash; John did it in his pants, '''which''' embarrassed his mother
# {{lb|nl|indefinite}} [[something]]: e.g. (1) as subject; (2) as subject complement
#: (1) ''Daar loopt '''wat''' rond.'' &mdash; ''Something'' there is walking around.
#: (2) ''Dat is aardig '''wat'''!'' &mdash; That is quite ''something''! [i.e. "That is quite a lot!"]

====Usage notes====
This pronoun can combine with a preposition to form a [[pronominal adverb]]. When this occurs, it is changed into its adverbial/locative counterpart {{m|nl|waar}}. See also [[:Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs]].

A subclause following the relative pronoun ''wat'' is in [[SOV]] order.

====Descendants====
* {{desc|brc|wa|wati}}
* {{desc|jvd|wat}}
* {{desc|gmw-jdt|wāt|wot}}
* {{desc|dcr|wat|awa|wa}}
* {{desc|pey|wat}}
* {{desc|skw|what}}

===Determiner===
{{head|nl|determiner}}

# [[some]]
#: {{uxi|nl|Ik wil graag '''wat''' kersen.|I want '''some''' cherries please.}}
# {{lb|nl|[[exclamative marker|exclamative]]}} [[what|what (a)]], [[such]]
#: {{uxi|nl|'''Wat''' een onzin!|'''What''' nonsense!}}

====Usage notes====
With uncountable, or countable nouns.

===Adverb===
{{nl-adv}}

# [[a bit]], [[somewhat]]
#: {{syn|nl|een beetje|een tikkeltje}}
#: {{uxi|nl|Hij doet dat '''wat''' onbedachtzaam.|He does that '''somewhat''' unthoughtfully.}}
# {{lb|nl|[[exclamative marker|exclamative]]}} [[how]], [[so]]
#: {{uxi|nl|'''Wat''' leuk!|'''How''' nice!}}

==German==

===Etymology===
A regional form adopted into colloquial standard German. In western Germany from {{bor|de|gmw-cfr|wat}}, from northern {{der|de|gmh|wat}}, from northern {{der|de|goh|hwat}}, an [[w:High German consonant shift|unshifted]] relict form possibly due to {{noncog|frk|-}} influence. In northern Germany from {{bor|de|nds-de|wat}}, from {{der|de|gml|wat}}, from {{der|de|osx|hwat}}. {{doublet|de|was}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/vat/}}
* {{audio|de|De-wat.ogg}}
* {{homophones|de|Watt}}
* {{rhymes|de|at}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|de|pronoun}}

# {{lb|de|colloquial|regional}} {{alt form|de|was|nocap=1}}
#: {{ux|de|'''Wat''' überlegste?|t='''What''' are you thinking?}}

====Usage notes====
* Although found in the native lects throughout northern and western Germany, the use of ''wat'' in colloquial standard German is most typical of the West (chiefly [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] and [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]). It is also heard in some parts of northern and north-eastern Germany, e.g. in and around [[Berlin]]. In all these regions, the forms ''wat'' and ''was'' are used in free variation.

===Further reading===
* http://www.atlas-alltagssprache.de/runde-1/f17a-c/

==Luxembourgish==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|lb|/vaːt/|aa=stressed}}
* {{IPA|lb|/vɑt/|aa=unstressed}}
* {{rhymes|lb|aːt|ɑt}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|lb|pronoun}}

# {{lb|lb|interrogative}} [[what]]
#: {{ux|lb|'''Wat''' ass däin Numm?|'''What''' is your name?}}
# {{lb|lb|relative}} [[what]]
#: {{ux|lb|Ech weess net, '''wat''' ech maache soll.|I don't know '''what''' I should do.}}

==Middle Dutch==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|dum|odt|wat}}, from {{inh|dum|gem-pro|*hwat}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|dum|/wat/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|dum|pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns}}

# [[what]]

====Descendants====
* {{desc|af|wat}}
* {{desc|nl|wat}}
* {{desc|li|waat}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:VMNW|ID57133|II}}
* {{R:MNW|70752|I}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===
{{unc|enm}}; possibly from {{m|enm|wight}}.

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun|head=wāt}}

# A [[person]].

===Etymology 2===
{{unc|enm}}.

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# A [[rabbit]].
# A [[hare]].

===Etymology 3===
{{rfc|enm}}
''See entries''.

====Verb====
{{head|enm|verb}}

# {{alternative form of|enm|wait}}, '''{{l|enm|wath}}''', '''{{l|enm|wet}}''', '''{{l|enm|what}}''', '''{{l|enm|whate}}''', '''{{l|enm|whete}}''', '''{{l|enm|witen}}''', '''{{l|enm|wode}}''', '''{{l|enm|wold}}''', '''{{l|enm|woth}}''', '''{{l|enm|weten}}''', '''{{l|enm|wacche}}''', '''{{l|enm|wacchen}}''', '''{{l|enm|wachet}}''', '''{{l|enm|watchinges}}''', '''{{l|enm|wate}}''', '''{{l|enm|walte}}''', '''{{l|enm|weiten}}''', '''{{l|enm|witien}}'''.

===References===
* ''Middle English Dictionary'', [https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=Z_i-RceqFkIC&pg=PA146 "wāt n.1", "wat n.2", & "wat"].

==Middle Low German==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|gml|osx|hwat}}, from {{inh|gml|gem-pro|*hwat}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gml|/wat/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|gml|pronoun|head=wat|accusative|wēne|or|wen|dative|wēme|or|wem|genitive|wes}}

# {{lb|gml|interrogative|neuter}} [[what]]

==North Frisian==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|frr|ofs|hwet}}, from {{inh|frr|gmw-pro|*hwat}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|frr|pronoun}} {{lb|frr|Föhr-Amrum|Sylt|Mooring}}

# [[what]] {{gloss|which thing}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|frr|ofs|wit}}, from {{inh|frr|gmw-pro|*wit}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|frr|pronoun}} {{lb|frr|dated|_|on|_|Sylt|elsewhere|_|obsolete}}

# [[we]] [[two]], the two of us {{gloss|first-person dual personal pronoun}}

=====See also=====
{{frr-Sylt-personal-pronouns}}

==Old Dutch==

===Etymology===
{{dercat|odt|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}
From {{inh|odt|gmw-pro|*hwat}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|odt|pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns}}

# [[what]]

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|dum|wat}}

====Further reading====
* {{R:ONW|3811}}

==Old English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|wāt}}

===Verb===
{{head|ang|verb form|head=wāt}}

# {{inflection of|ang|witan||1//3|s|pres}}

==Old High German==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*wadą}}, whence also Old English {{m|ang|wæd}}, Old Norse {{m|non|vað}} (Icelandic {{m|is|vað}}).

===Noun===
{{goh-noun|n}}

# [[ford]]

====Declension====
{{goh-decl-noun-a-n|wat}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|gmh|*wat|*wate}} {{q|perhaps}}
** {{desc|de|Wate|g=f}} {{q|dialectal; may also be deverbal}}

===References===
# Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-wat.wav|hh=VAT,Wat,WAT}}

===Etymology 1===
{{named-after|pl|nat=Scottish|occ=inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist|James Watt|wplink=James Watt}}.

====Noun====
{{pl-noun|m-in}}

# [[watt]] {{gl|derived unit of power}}

=====Usage notes=====
The alternative, colloquial genitive plural form {{m|pl|wat}} is proscribed.

=====Declension=====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-in|gens=wata}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Noun====
{{head|pl|noun form|g=f}}

# {{inflection of|pl|wata||gen|p}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP||9362}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

{{C|pl|SI units}}

==Portuguese==

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|br=wati^}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m|#s}}

# {{l|en|wat}} {{gloss|a type of Buddhist temple common in Southeast Asia}}

{{C|pt|Places of worship}}

==Scots==

===Etymology===
Related to {{m|en|wet}}.

===Adjective===
{{sco-adj}}

# [[drunk]]

==Transylvanian Saxon==

===Adverb===
{{head|gmw-tsx|adverb}}

# [[what]] {{qualifier|interrogative}}

==Vilamovian==
[[Image:Vatta2.jpg|thumb|wat (1)]]

===Etymology===
{{bor|wym|nl|watten}}

===Noun===
{{wym-noun|f|wata}}

# [[cotton wool]]

==West Frisian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fy|ofs|hwet}}, from {{inh|fy|gmw-pro|*hwat}}, from {{inh|fy|gem-pro|*hwat}}, from {{inh|fy|ine-pro|*kʷód}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|fy|/vɔt/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|fy|pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns}}

# [[what]] (interrogative)
#: {{ux|fy|'''Wat''' sizze hja?|'''What''' are they saying?}}
# [[what]] (relative)

====Further reading====
* {{R:WFT|113502}}