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Pali
Adjective
สาธุ
- Thai script form of sādhu (“well”)
2005, บุญคิด วัชรศาสตร์, ภาษาเมืองล้านนา [The Language of Mueang Lanna] (overall work in Thai), Chiang Mai: Tharatong Print Shop, →ISBN, page 190:วนฺทามิ ภนฺเต สพฺพํ อปราธํ ขมถ เม ภนฺเต, มยา กตํ ปุญฺญํ สามินา อนุโม
ทิตพฺพํ, สามินา กตํ ปุญฺญํ เมยฺหํ, ทาตพฺพํ สาธุ สาธุ อนุโมทามิ.- vandāmi bhante sabbaṃ aparādhaṃ khamatha me bhante, mayā kataṃ puññaṃ sāminā anumoditabbaṃ, sāminā kataṃ puññaṃ meyhaṃ, dātabbaṃ sādhu sādhu anumodāmi.
- I salute , venerable sir. Please forgive me all of offences, venerable sir. May the master rejoice in the merit I have acquired. May merit acquired by the master be given to me. Good, good, may I rejoice
Thai
Etymology
From Pali sādhu (“well; right”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
สาธุ • (sǎa-tú)
- (elegant, chiefly in combination) good; morally good; morally excellent; morally praiseworthy.
Interjection
สาธุ • (sǎa-tú)
- (chiefly religion) used to express solemn agreement or ratification: so be it; it is so; it is good; amen; etc.
Verb
สาธุ • (sǎa-tú)
- to express solemn agreement or ratification, especially by uttering this interjection.
- (elegant, figurative) to adore, to worship; to extol, to laud.
Derived terms