ธาตุ

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ธาตุ f

1. Thai script form of dhātu (“element”)
   • 2005, บุญคิด วัชรศาสตร์, ภาษาเมืองล้านนา [The Language of Mueang Lanna] (overall work in Thai), Chiang Mai: Tharatong Print Shop, →ISBN, page 189:

     (๗) วนฺทามิ เจติยํ สพฺพํ สพฺพฏฺฐาเนสุ ปติฏฺฐิตา สรีรธาตุ มหาโพธึ พุทฺธรูปํ สกลํ สทา นาคโลเก เทวโลเก พฺรหฺมโลเก ชมฺพูทีเป ลงฺกาทีเป สรีรธาตุโย เกสาธาตุโย อรหนฺตธาตุโย เจติยํ คนฺธกุฏึ จตุราสีติสหสฺเส ธมฺมกฺขนฺเธ สพฺเพสํ ปาตเจติยํ อหํ วนฺทามิ สพฺพโส

     (7) vandāmi cetiyaṃ sabbaṃ sabbaṭṭhānesu patiṭṭhitā sarīradhātu mahābodhiṃ buddharūpaṃ sakalaṃ sadā nāgaloke devaloke brahmaloke jambūdīpe laṅkādīpe sarīradhātuyo kesādhātuyo arahantadhātuyo cetiyaṃ gandhakuṭiṃ caturāsītisahasse dhammakkhandhe sabbesaṃ pādacetiyaṃ ahaṃ vandāmi sabbaso

     I always pay homage to every shrine that may stand in any place, the bodily relics, the Bo-tree and all images of the Buddha in the Naga realm, the Deva realm, the Brahma realm, India, and Sri Lanka; I pay homage in every way to the bodily relics, the hair relics, the relics of the arahats, the shrine, the room occupied by the Buddha, the eighty four thousand suttas and all the sacred footprints.

2. Thai script (without implicit vowels) form of dhātu (“element”)

Declension

Noun

ธาตุ m

1. Thai script form of dhātu (“root of a word”)
2. Thai script (without implicit vowels) form of dhātu (“root of a word”)

Declension

With implicit vowels:

Without implicit vowels:

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit धातु (dhātu, “component, element; mineral; root; semen; etc”); perhaps via Old Khmer dhātu (“material, matter, substance; relics, remains”). Cognate with Lao ທາດ (thāt), Modern Khmer ធាតុ (thiət).

Pronunciation

Noun

ธาตุ • (tâat)

1. element.
2. nature:
   1. quality belonging to a person, animal, thing, or class by birth, origin, constitution, etc.
   2. native or inherent character.
   3. instinct or inherent tendency directing conduct.
3. relic; remain.
4. reliquary.
5. (grammar) root.