dhātu

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See also: dhatu and dha'tu

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धातु (dhātu).

Pronunciation

Noun

dhātu

  1. constituent, ingredient
  2. element

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Balinese: ᬥᬵᬢᬸ (datu)

Further reading

  • "dhātu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit धातु (dhātu). The grammatical sense is a semantic loan from Sanskrit धातु (dhātu).

Noun

dhātu f

  1. element
  2. natural condition
  3. (religion) relic
  4. (grammar) root of a word
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 294; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      आस इच्चेताय धातुया तिस्स विभत्तिस्स त्थित्तं होति धात्वन्तस्स लोपो च।
      Asa iccetāya dhātuyā tissa vibhattissa tthittaṃ hoti dhātvantassa lopo ca.
      'As': from this root the ending 'ti' becomes 'tthi' and the end of the root is dropped
  5. humour of the body
  6. a faculty of the senses
Declension
Declension table of "dhātu" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)dhātudhātuyo or dhātū
Accusative (second)dhātuṃdhātuyo or dhātū
Instrumental (third)dhātuyādhātūhi or dhātūbhi
Dative (fourth)dhātuyādhātūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)dhātuyādhātūhi or dhātūbhi
Genitive (sixth)dhātuyādhātūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)dhātuyā or dhātuyaṃdhātūsu
Vocative (calling)dhātudhātuyo or dhātū
Derived terms

kesadhātu

Descendants

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit धातु (dhātu).

Noun

dhātu m

  1. (grammar) root of a word
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 283; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      दिस इच्चेतस्स धातुस्स पस्स दिस्स दक्ख इच्चेते आदेसा होन्ति वा।
      Disa iccetassa dhātussa passa dissa dakkha iccete ādesā honti vā.
      'Dis': this root may become 'pass', 'diss' or 'dakkh'.
Declension
Declension table of "dhātu" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)dhātudhātavo or dhātū
Accusative (second)dhātuṃdhātavo or dhātū
Instrumental (third)dhātunādhātūhi or dhātūbhi
Dative (fourth)dhātussa or dhātunodhātūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)dhātusmā or dhātumhādhātūhi or dhātūbhi
Genitive (sixth)dhātussa or dhātunodhātūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)dhātusmiṃ or dhātumhidhātūsu
Vocative (calling)dhātudhātave or dhātavo
Descendants

References

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “dhātu”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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