वाट

From Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝 (vaṭṭa), from Sanskrit वर्त्मन् (vártman), from Proto-Indo-European *wért-mn̥, from *wert- (“to turn, rotate”). Cognate with Marathi वाट (vāṭ), Telugu బాట (bāṭa).

वाट • (vāṭ) f (Latin script vatt, Kannada script ವಾಟ್)

1. way, road, path

Inherited from Old Marathi वाट (vāṭa), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝 (vaṭṭa), from Sanskrit वर्त्मन् (vártman), from Proto-Indo-European *wért-mn̥, from *wert- (“to turn, rotate”). Cognate with Konkani वाट (vāṭ), Telugu బాట (bāṭa).

• IPA^(key): /ʋaʈ/

वाट • (vāṭ) f (plural वाटा)

1. road, way, path

   Synonyms: पथ (path), मार्ग (mārga), रस्ता (rastā)

   ही वाट खूप निसरडी आहे.

   hī vāṭ khūp nisarḍī āhe.

   This path is very slippery.

2. wait

   Synonym: प्रतीक्षा (pratīkṣā) (formal)

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “वाट”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वाट”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “वाट”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vártman”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

• वाटी (vāṭī) (feminine form)
• वाटिका (vāṭikā) (feminine diminutive)

A Prakritism from Early Eastern Prakrit, from *वार्त्र (vārtra, “any fenced or enclosed structure”), vriddhi of वृत (vṛta, “enclosed”).

वाट • (vāṭa) stem, m

1. enclosure, (either) a fence, wall, (or) a piece of enclosed ground, garden, park, plantation
2. district
3. road
4. the site of a house
5. groin
6. a species of bird

• Assamese: বাট (bat)
• Bengali: বাট (baṭ)
• Khmer: វត្ត (wōat)
• Lao: ວັດ (wat)
• Lü: ᦞᧆ (vad)
• Thai: วัด (wát)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vāṭa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 670