Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit धातु (dhātu).

Noun edit

ਧਾਤੂ (dhātūm (Shahmukhi spelling دہاو)

  1. (grammar) verbal root
  2. element

Further reading edit

  • ਧਾਤੂ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਧਾਤੂ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.

Sanskrit edit