हेतु
Appearance
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit हेतु (hetu). Cognate with Marathi हेतू (hetū).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]हेतु • (hetu) m
- cause, reason (that which causes)
- motive (reason for a particular action)
- मगर हत्या का हेतु क्या था?
- magar hatyā kā hetu kyā thā?
- But what was the motive for the killing?
Declension
[edit]Declension of हेतु (masc u-stem)
Old Gujarati
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit हेतु (hetú).
Noun
[edit]हेतु • (hetu) m
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
Noun
[edit]हेतु m
- Devanagari script form of hetu
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "हेतु" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | हेतु (hetu) | हेतवो (hetavo) or हेतू (hetū) |
Accusative (second) | हेतुं (hetuṃ) | हेतवो (hetavo) or हेतू (hetū) |
Instrumental (third) | हेतुना (hetunā) | हेतूहि (hetūhi) or हेतूभि (hetūbhi) |
Dative (fourth) | हेतुस्स (hetussa) or हेतुनो (hetuno) | हेतूनं (hetūnaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | हेतुस्मा (hetusmā) or हेतुम्हा (hetumhā) | हेतूहि (hetūhi) or हेतूभि (hetūbhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | हेतुस्स (hetussa) or हेतुनो (hetuno) | हेतूनं (hetūnaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | हेतुस्मिं (hetusmiṃ) or हेतुम्हि (hetumhi) | हेतूसु (hetūsu) |
Vocative (calling) | हेतु (hetu) | हेतवे (hetave) or हेतवो (hetavo) |
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
- হেতু (Assamese script)
- ᬳᬾᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
- হেতু (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰸𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑁂𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဟေတု (Burmese script)
- હેતુ (Gujarati script)
- ਹੇਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌹𑍇𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦲꦺꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂯𑂵𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಹೇತು (Kannada script)
- ហេតុ (Khmer script)
- ເຫຕຸ (Lao script)
- ഹേതു (Malayalam script)
- ᡥᡝᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘮𑘹𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠾᠧᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧎𑧚𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑐾𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
- ହେତୁ (Odia script)
- ꢲꢾꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑆼𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖸𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
- හෙතු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪂𑩔𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚩𑚲𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
- ஹேது (Tamil script)
- హేతు (Telugu script)
- เหตุ (Thai script)
- ཧེ་ཏུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑒹𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨱𑨄𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Compound of हि (hi) + तु (tu).
Noun
[edit]हेतु • (hetú) stem, m
- "impulse", motive, cause, cause of, reason for (+locative, rarely dative or genitive)
- हेतुना (hetunā), हेतोः (hetoḥ), हेतवे (hetave), हेतौ (hetau) — for a cause or reason, by reason of, on account of (+genitive or compound):
- मम हेतोः (mama hetoḥ) or मद्-धेतोः (mad-dhetoḥ) — on account of me
- कं हेतुम् (kaṃ hetum) or को हेटुः (ko heṭuḥ) — wherefore?, why?
- यतो हेतोः (yato hetoḥ) — because
- अनेन हेतुना (anena hetunā) or इति हेतोः (iti hetoḥ) — for this reason
- मृत्यु-हेतवे (mṛtyu-hetave) — in order to kill
- हेतुर् अलौकिकः (hetur alaukikaḥ) — a supernatural cause
- (at the end of a compound) "having as a cause or motive", "caused or effected or actuated or attracted or impelled by"
- कर्महेतु (karma-hetu) — caused by the acts (of a former existence)
- मांसहेतु (māṃsa-hetu) — attracted by (the smell of) flesh
- कर्मफलहेतु (karma-phala-hetu) — impelled by (the expectation of) the consequences of any act
- a logical reason or deduction or argument, the reason for an inference (especially applied to the second member or अवयव (avayava) of the five-membered syllogism; compare न्याय (nyāya))
- logic (in general, compare हेतुविद्या (hetuvidyā))
- (grammar) the agent of the causal verb
- (with Buddhists) primary cause (as opposed to प्रत्यय (pratyaya))
- (with पशुपति (paśu-pati)s) that which causes the bondage of the soul i.e. the external world and the senses
- the means
- हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) (at the end of a compound) — by means of
- mode, manner
- हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) (at the end of a compound) — according to
- price, cost
- condition
- (rhetoric) = काव्यलिङ्ग (kāvya-liṅga)
Declension
[edit]singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | हेतुः (hetúḥ) | हेतू (hetū́) | हेतवः (hetávaḥ) |
accusative | हेतुम् (hetúm) | हेतू (hetū́) | हेतून् (hetū́n) |
instrumental | हेतुना (hetúnā) हेत्वा¹ (hetvā́¹) |
हेतुभ्याम् (hetúbhyām) | हेतुभिः (hetúbhiḥ) |
dative | हेतवे (hetáve) हेत्वे¹ (hetvé¹) |
हेतुभ्याम् (hetúbhyām) | हेतुभ्यः (hetúbhyaḥ) |
ablative | हेतोः (hetóḥ) हेत्वः¹ (hetváḥ¹) |
हेतुभ्याम् (hetúbhyām) | हेतुभ्यः (hetúbhyaḥ) |
genitive | हेतोः (hetóḥ) हेत्वः¹ (hetváḥ¹) |
हेत्वोः (hetvóḥ) | हेतूनाम् (hetūnā́m) |
locative | हेतौ (hetaú) | हेत्वोः (hetvóḥ) | हेतुषु (hetúṣu) |
vocative | हेतो (héto) | हेतू (hétū) | हेतवः (hétavaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “हेतु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1303.
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