dhātu

See also: dhatu and dha'tu

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धातु (dhātu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.tu/
• Rhymes: -tu
• Homophone: ḍatu
• Hyphenation: dhā‧tu

Noun

dhātu

1. constituent, ingredient
2. element

Derived terms

• adhātu

 

• anekadhātu
• arūpadhātu
• kāmadhātu
• lokadhātu
• rūpadhātu
• sarwadhātu
• tridhātu

 

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

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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)
• ធាតុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄙𑄂𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)

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]‎^[1], 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 \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dhātu	dhātuyo or dhātū
Accusative (second)	dhātuṃ	dhātuyo or dhātū
Instrumental (third)	dhātuyā	dhātūhi or dhātūbhi
Dative (fourth)	dhātuyā	dhātūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dhātuyā	dhātūhi or dhātūbhi
Genitive (sixth)	dhātuyā	dhātūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dhātuyā or dhātuyaṃ	dhātūsu
Vocative (calling)	dhātu	dhātuyo or dhātū

Derived terms

kesadhātu

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဓာတ် (dhat)
  • → Shan: ထၢတ်ႈ (thāat)
• → Khmer: ធាតុ (thiət)
• → Thai: ธาตุ (tâat)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit धातु (dhātu).

Noun

dhātu m

1. (grammar) root of a word
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[2], 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 \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dhātu	dhātavo or dhātū
Accusative (second)	dhātuṃ	dhātavo or dhātū
Instrumental (third)	dhātunā	dhātūhi or dhātūbhi
Dative (fourth)	dhātussa or dhātuno	dhātūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dhātusmā or dhātumhā	dhātūhi or dhātūbhi
Genitive (sixth)	dhātussa or dhātuno	dhātūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dhātusmiṃ or dhātumhi	dhātūsu
Vocative (calling)	dhātu	dhātave or dhātavo

Descendants

• → Thai: ธาตุ (tâat)

References

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