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baht¹

  • /bɑːt/

Sounds like bot, bought (cot–caught merger, father–bother merger), Bart (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ɑːt

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Thai บาท (bàat), from Pali pāda (quarter of a larger valued coin), ultimately from Sanskrit पाद (quarter).

noun baht · bahts · bat

  1. The official currency of Thailand, equal to 100 satang.

baht²

  • /bɑːt/

Sounds like bot, bought (cot–caught merger, father–bother merger), Bart (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ɑːt

Where it comes from

Pronunciation spelling of but.

adverb

  1. Yorkshire, not comparable Without. c. 1850s–70s, On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at (song)

baht³

  • /bɑːt/

Sounds like bot, bought (cot–caught merger, father–bother merger), Bart (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ɑːt

Where it comes from

Pronunciation spelling of (a)bout.

preposition

  1. Yorkshire About.

baht⁴

  • /bɑːt/

Sounds like bot, bought (cot–caught merger, father–bother merger), Bart (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ɑːt

Where it comes from

Pronunciation spelling of bout.

noun bahts

  1. Yorkshire Bout (of an illness, a fight, etc).

Translations

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noun unit of currency

Españolbaht
한국어밧 bat
日本語バーツ bātsu
中文泰銖 /泰铢 Tài zhū
हिन्दीबात bāt
Portuguêsbaht
Françaisbaht
Ελληνικάμπατ bat
Русскийбат bat
Tiếng Việtbạt
العربيةبَات bāt

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Chicago

"baht." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/baht.

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@misc{baht_2026,
  title = {baht},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/baht},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}