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Wat vs Yat - What's the difference?

wat | yat |

As nouns the difference between wat and yat

is that wat is a Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia while yat is a vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use.

As proper nouns the difference between wat and yat

is that wat is a medieval English given name, short for Walter while Yat is a unique collection of dialects of English spoken in New Orleans, Louisiana.

As a pronoun wat

is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

As an adverb wat

is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

As a determiner wat

is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

wat

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia.
  • There are two wats near this village.
    Angkor Wat
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  • * 1996 , James Bissett Pratt, The Pilgrimage of Buddhism and a Buddhist Pilgrimage , page 194:
  • 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,
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  • See also

    * chedi * pagoda * stupa *

    Etymology 2

    From Amharic.

    Noun

  • A kind of stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
  • Etymology 3

    Variation of what.

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (informal, Internet, text messaging)
  • Adverb

    (-)
  • (informal, Internet, text messaging)
  • Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • (informal, Internet, text messaging)
  • Anagrams

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    yat

    English

    (wikipedia yat)

    Alternative forms

    * jat

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital'' ), no longer in current use
  • The Late Proto-Slavic (Common Slavic) vowel that was represented by this letter, usually transcribed as /?/. This vowel underwent various alterations in the later Slavic dialects and is no longer distinguished (except in Ijekavian).
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