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धातु

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit धातु m (dhātu), with the gender having changed in recent times.

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ʱɑː.t̪uː/, [d̪ʱäː.t̪uː]

Noun

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धातु (dhātuf or m

  1. metal, metallic element
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Particularly: “Especially showing the change in gender.”

Declension

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Declension of धातु (fem u-stem // masc u-stem)
singular plural
direct धातु
dhātu
धातुएँ, धातु
dhātuẽ, dhātu
oblique धातु
dhātu
धातुओं
dhātuõ
vocative धातु
dhātu
धातुओ
dhātuo

References

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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धातु f

  1. Devanagari script form of dhātu (“element”)
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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धातु m

  1. Devanagari script form of dhātu (“root of a word”)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎[3] (overall work in Pali), 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'.
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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Maybe inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁-tu-, in that case cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬜𐬁𐬙𐬎 (vīδātu, justification, providence), Lithuanian dė́tų (putting, placing, w:supine) (dated), Old Church Slavonic дѣтъ (dětŭ, putting, placing, supine).[1] Can be deconstructed as धा (dhā, to put, place) +‎ -तु (-tu) (see दधाति (dádhāti)).[2] The Sanskrit meaning may be explained as having developed from a resultative, ie “*the outcome of putting down”.[3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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धातु (dhā́tu) stemm

  1. layer, stratum
  2. constituent part, ingredient
  3. element, primitive matter
  4. a constituent element or essential ingredient of the body
  5. primary element of the earth; i.e. metal, mineral, ore (especially a red mineral)
  6. (grammar) verbal root

Declension

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Masculine u-stem declension of धातु
singular dual plural
nominative धातुः (dhā́tuḥ) धातू (dhā́tū) धातवः (dhā́tavaḥ)
accusative धातुम् (dhā́tum) धातू (dhā́tū) धातून् (dhā́tūn)
instrumental धातुना (dhā́tunā)
धात्वा¹ (dhā́tvā¹)
धातुभ्याम् (dhā́tubhyām) धातुभिः (dhā́tubhiḥ)
dative धातवे (dhā́tave)
धात्वे¹ (dhā́tve¹)
धातुभ्याम् (dhā́tubhyām) धातुभ्यः (dhā́tubhyaḥ)
ablative धातोः (dhā́toḥ)
धात्वः¹ (dhā́tvaḥ¹)
धातुभ्याम् (dhā́tubhyām) धातुभ्यः (dhā́tubhyaḥ)
genitive धातोः (dhā́toḥ)
धात्वः¹ (dhā́tvaḥ¹)
धात्वोः (dhā́tvoḥ) धातूनाम् (dhā́tūnām)
locative धातौ (dhā́tau) धात्वोः (dhā́tvoḥ) धातुषु (dhā́tuṣu)
vocative धातो (dhā́to) धातू (dhā́tū) धातवः (dhā́tavaḥ)
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 101f.
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 784
  3. ^ Wackernagel, Jakob, Albert Debrunner (1896-1964) Altindische Grammatik [Grammar of Ancient Indian] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher)‎[2] (in German), Vol. II.2: Die Nominalsuffixe, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, published 1954, §488, pages 663-65

Further reading

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  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “धातु”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Monier Williams (1899) “धातु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 513.