हेतु

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See also: हृत, हेतू, हति, होती, होतृ, होते, होता, and हात

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हेतु (hetu). Cognate with Marathi हेतू (hetū).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɦeː.t̪uː/

Noun

हेतु • (hetu) m

  1. cause, reason (that which causes)
    Synonyms: कारण (kāraṇ), वजह (vajah)
  2. motive (reason for a particular action)
    मगर हत्या का हेतु क्या था?
    magar hatyā kā hetu kyā thā?
    But what was the motive for the killing?

Declension

Declension of हेतु (masc u-stem)
singular plural
direct हेतु
hetu 		हेतु
hetu
oblique हेतु
hetu 		हेतुओं
hetuõ
vocative हेतु
hetu 		हेतुओ
hetuo

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हेतु (hetú).

Noun

हेतु • (hetu) m

  1. cause, reason

Pali

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Noun

हेतु m

  1. Devanagari script form of hetu

Declension

Declension table of "हेतु" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)हेतु (hetu)हेतवो (hetavo) or हेतू (hetū)
Accusative (second)हेतुं (hetuṃ)हेतवो (hetavo) or हेतू (hetū)
Instrumental (third)हेतुना (hetunā)हेतूहि (hetūhi) or हेतूभि (hetūbhi)
Dative (fourth)हेतुस्स (hetussa) or हेतुनो (hetuno)हेतूनं (hetūnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)हेतुस्मा (hetusmā) or हेतुम्हा (hetumhā)हेतूहि (hetūhi) or हेतूभि (hetūbhi)
Genitive (sixth)हेतुस्स (hetussa) or हेतुनो (hetuno)हेतूनं (hetūnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)हेतुस्मिं (hetusmiṃ) or हेतुम्हि (hetumhi)हेतूसु (hetūsu)
Vocative (calling)हेतु (hetu)हेतवे (hetave) or हेतवो (hetavo)

Sanskrit

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Etymology

Compound of हि (hi) +‎ तु (tu).

Noun

हेतु • (hetú) stem, m

  1. "impulse", motive, cause, cause of, reason for (+locative, rarely dative or genitive)
    हेतुना (hetunā), हेतोः (hetoḥ), हेतवे (hetave), हेतौ (hetau) — for a cause or reason, by reason of, on account of (+genitive or compound):
    मम हेतोः (mama hetoḥ) or मद्-धेतोः (mad-dhetoḥ) — on account of me
    कं हेतुम् (kaṃ hetum) or को हेटुः (ko heṭuḥ) — wherefore?, why?
    यतो हेतोः (yato hetoḥ) — because
    अनेन हेतुना (anena hetunā) or इति हेतोः (iti hetoḥ) — for this reason
    मृत्यु-हेतवे (mṛtyu-hetave) — in order to kill
    हेतुर् अलौकिकः (hetur alaukikaḥ) — a supernatural cause
  2. (at the end of a compound) "having as a cause or motive", "caused or effected or actuated or attracted or impelled by"
    कर्महेतु (karma-hetu) — caused by the acts (of a former existence)
    मांसहेतु (māṃsa-hetu) — attracted by (the smell of) flesh
    कर्मफलहेतु (karma-phala-hetu) — impelled by (the expectation of) the consequences of any act
  3. a logical reason or deduction or argument, the reason for an inference (especially applied to the second member or अवयव (avayava) of the five-membered syllogism; compare न्याय (nyāya))
  4. logic (in general, compare हेतुविद्या (hetuvidyā))
  5. (grammar) the agent of the causal verb
  6. (with Buddhists) primary cause (as opposed to प्रत्यय (pratyaya))
  7. (with पशुपति (paśu-pati)s) that which causes the bondage of the soul i.e. the external world and the senses
  8. the means
    हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) (at the end of a compound) — by means of
  9. mode, manner
    हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) (at the end of a compound) — according to
  10. price, cost
  11. condition
  12. (rhetoric) = काव्यलिङ्ग (kāvya-liṅga)

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of हेतु (hetú)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative हेतुः
hetúḥ 		हेतू
hetū́ 		हेतवः
hetávaḥ
Vocative हेतो
héto 		हेतू
hétū 		हेतवः
hétavaḥ
Accusative हेतुम्
hetúm 		हेतू
hetū́ 		हेतून्
hetū́n
Instrumental हेतुना / हेत्वा¹
hetúnā / hetvā́¹ 		हेतुभ्याम्
hetúbhyām 		हेतुभिः
hetúbhiḥ
Dative हेतवे / हेत्वे¹
hetáve / hetvé¹ 		हेतुभ्याम्
hetúbhyām 		हेतुभ्यः
hetúbhyaḥ
Ablative हेतोः / हेत्वः¹
hetóḥ / hetváḥ¹ 		हेतुभ्याम्
hetúbhyām 		हेतुभ्यः
hetúbhyaḥ
Genitive हेतोः / हेत्वः¹
hetóḥ / hetváḥ¹ 		हेत्वोः
hetvóḥ 		हेतूनाम्
hetūnā́m
Locative हेतौ
hetaú 		हेत्वोः
hetvóḥ 		हेतुषु
hetúṣu
Notes
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References

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