ဝတ္ထု

Burmese

Etymology

From Pali vatthu (“object; thing; reason; ground; story”), from Sanskrit वस्तु (vastu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wʊʔtʰṵ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: wathtu. • ALA-LC: vatthu • BGN/PCGN: wuthtu. • Okell: wuʔhtú

Noun

ဝတ္ထု • (wathtu.)

1. matter, object
2. money offered for the use of monks; commodity
3. story, narrative, novel, fiction

Descendants

• → Shan: ဝုတ်ႉထူႉ (wṵ̂t thṵ̂u)

References

• “ဝတ္ထု” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vatthu (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• वत्थु (Devanagari script)
• ৰত্থু (Bengali script)
• වත්‍ථු (Sinhalese script)
• ဝတ်ထု (Burmese script)
• วตฺถุ or วัตถุ (Thai script)
• ᩅᨲ᩠ᨳᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ວຕ຺ຖຸ or ວັຕຖຸ (Lao script)
• វត្ថុ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄖𑄴𑄗𑄪 (Chakma script)

Noun

ဝတ္ထု n

1. Burmese script form of vatthu