sādhu

See also: sadhu

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit साधु (sādhu, “well, proper”).

Adjective

sādhu

1. good, virtuous

Noun

sādhu

1. sadhu: a holy man, saint, sage, seer.

Derived terms

• apisādhu
• asasadu
• kasadon
• kasādhun
• pasasadu
• sasadhwan
• sasadon
• sinādhu
• sumādhu
• sādhon

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦱꦢꦸ (sadu)
• → Balinese: ᬲᬵᬥᬸ (sadu)
• → Indonesian: sadu (“sadhu”) (semantic loan)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀸𑀥𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• साधु (Devanagari script)
• সাধু (Bengali script)
• සාධු (Sinhalese script)
• သာဓု or သႃꩪု (Burmese script)
• สาธุ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩣᨵᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ສາຘຸ (Lao script)
• សាធុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄂𑄙𑄪 (Chakma script)

Adjective

sādhu

1. well

Antonyms

• asādhu

Descendants

• → Burmese: သာဓု (sadhu.)
• → Shan: သႃႇထူႉ (sàa thṵ̂u)
• → Thai: สาธุ (sǎa-tú)
• → Chinese: 善哉 (shànzāi) (calque)