ធាតុ

See also: ធាត់

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali dhātu (“element”), from Sanskrit धातु (dhātu, “element”). Compare Thai ธาตุ (tâat).

Pronunciation

Orthographic ធាតុ dʰātu Phonemic ធាត dʰāt WT romanisation thiət (standard) IPA(key) /tʰiət/

Noun

ធាតុ • (thiət)

1. (physical) substance, element, matter
2. element of consciousness, essence
3. the four elements of the body (ដី (dəy), ទឹក (tɨk), ខ្យល់ (khyɑl), ភ្លើង (phləəng))
4. the three elements of the cosmos (កាមធាតុ (kaam thiət), រូបធាតុ (ruupaʼthiət), អរូបធាតុ (ʼaʼruupaʼthiət))
5. nature, temperament
6. cremated remains, relics

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• dhātu (Latin script)
• 𑀥𑀸𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• धातु (Devanagari script)
• ধাতু (Bengali script)
• ධාතු (Sinhalese script)
• ဓာတု or ꩪႃတု (Burmese script)
• ธาตุ (Thai script)
• ᨵᩤᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຘາຕຸ (Lao script)
• 𑄙𑄂𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)

Noun

ធាតុ f

1. Khmer script form of dhātu (“element”)

Declension

Declension table of "ធាតុ" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ធាតុ (dhātu)	ធាតុយោ (dhātuyo) or ធាតូ (dhātū)
Accusative (second)	ធាតុំ (dhātuṃ)	ធាតុយោ (dhātuyo) or ធាតូ (dhātū)
Instrumental (third)	ធាតុយា (dhātuyā)	ធាតូហិ (dhātūhi) or ធាតូភិ (dhātūbhi)
Dative (fourth)	ធាតុយា (dhātuyā)	ធាតូនំ (dhātūnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ធាតុយា (dhātuyā)	ធាតូហិ (dhātūhi) or ធាតូភិ (dhātūbhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ធាតុយា (dhātuyā)	ធាតូនំ (dhātūnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ធាតុយា (dhātuyā) or ធាតុយំ (dhātuyaṃ)	ធាតូសុ (dhātūsu)
Vocative (calling)	ធាតុ (dhātu)	ធាតុយោ (dhātuyo) or ធាតូ (dhātū)

Noun

ធាតុ m

1. Khmer script form of dhātu (“root of a word”)

Declension

Declension table of "ធាតុ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ធាតុ (dhātu)	ធាតវោ (dhātavo) or ធាតូ (dhātū)
Accusative (second)	ធាតុំ (dhātuṃ)	ធាតវោ (dhātavo) or ធាតូ (dhātū)
Instrumental (third)	ធាតុនា (dhātunā)	ធាតូហិ (dhātūhi) or ធាតូភិ (dhātūbhi)
Dative (fourth)	ធាតុស្ស (dhātussa) or ធាតុនោ (dhātuno)	ធាតូនំ (dhātūnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ធាតុស្មា (dhātusmā) or ធាតុម្ហា (dhātumhā)	ធាតូហិ (dhātūhi) or ធាតូភិ (dhātūbhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ធាតុស្ស (dhātussa) or ធាតុនោ (dhātuno)	ធាតូនំ (dhātūnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ធាតុស្មិំ (dhātusmiṃ) or ធាតុម្ហិ (dhātumhi)	ធាតូសុ (dhātūsu)
Vocative (calling)	ធាតុ (dhātu)	ធាតវេ (dhātave) or ធាតវោ (dhātavo)