ธาตุ

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)
• ᨵᩤᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຘາຕຸ (Lao script)
• ធាតុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄙𑄂𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)

Noun

ธาตุ f

1. Thai script form of dhātu (“element”)
   • 2005, บุญคิด วัชรศาสตร์, ภาษาเมืองล้านนา [The Language of Mueang Lanna] (overall work in Thai), Chiang Mai: Tharatong Print Shop, →ISBN, page 189:

     (๗) วนฺทามิ เจติยํ สพฺพํ สพฺพฏฺฐาเนสุ ปติฏฺฐิตา สรีรธาตุ มหาโพธึ พุทฺธรูปํ สกลํ สทา นาคโลเก เทวโลเก พฺรหฺมโลเก ชมฺพูทีเป ลงฺกาทีเป สรีรธาตุโย เกสาธาตุโย อรหนฺตธาตุโย เจติยํ คนฺธกุฏึ จตุราสีติสหสฺเส ธมฺมกฺขนฺเธ สพฺเพสํ ปาตเจติยํ อหํ วนฺทามิ สพฺพโส

     (7) vandāmi cetiyaṃ sabbaṃ sabbaṭṭhānesu patiṭṭhitā sarīradhātu mahābodhiṃ buddharūpaṃ sakalaṃ sadā nāgaloke devaloke brahmaloke jambūdīpe laṅkādīpe sarīradhātuyo kesādhātuyo arahantadhātuyo cetiyaṃ gandhakuṭiṃ caturāsītisahasse dhammakkhandhe sabbesaṃ pādacetiyaṃ ahaṃ vandāmi sabbaso

     I always pay homage to every shrine that may stand in any place, the bodily relics, the Bo-tree and all images of the Buddha in the Naga realm, the Deva realm, the Brahma realm, India, and Sri Lanka; I pay homage in every way to the bodily relics, the hair relics, the relics of the arahats, the shrine, the room occupied by the Buddha, the eighty four thousand suttas and all the sacred footprints.

Declension

Declension table of "ธาตุ" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ธาตุ (dhātu)	ธาตุโย (dhātuyo) or ธาตู (dhātū)
Accusative (second)	ธาตุํ (dhātuṃ) or ธาตุง (dhātuṃ)	ธาตุโย (dhātuyo) or ธาตู (dhātū)
Instrumental (third)	ธาตุยา (dhātuyā)	ธาตูหิ (dhātūhi) or ธาตูภิ (dhātūbhi)
Dative (fourth)	ธาตุยา (dhātuyā)	ธาตูนํ (dhātūnaṃ) or ธาตูนัง (dhātūnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ธาตุยา (dhātuyā)	ธาตูหิ (dhātūhi) or ธาตูภิ (dhātūbhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ธาตุยา (dhātuyā)	ธาตูนํ (dhātūnaṃ) or ธาตูนัง (dhātūnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ธาตุยา (dhātuyā) or ธาตุยํ (dhātuyaṃ) or ธาตุยัง (dhātuyaṃ)	ธาตูสุ (dhātūsu)
Vocative (calling)	ธาตุ (dhātu)	ธาตุโย (dhātuyo) or ธาตู (dhātū)

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Thai

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• ^†ทาตุ (tâat)

 

Etymology

From Sanskrit धातु (dhātu, “component, element; mineral; root; semen; etc”); perhaps via . Cognate with Lao ທາດ (thāt), Modern Khmer ធាតុ (thiət).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ธาตุ dʰ ā t u
Phonemic		ทาด d ā ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	tâat
	Royal Institute	that
(standard) IPA(key)		/tʰaːt̚˥˩/(R)
Homophones edit		ทาษ ทาส

Noun

ธาตุ • (tâat)

1. element.
2. nature:
   1. quality belonging to a person, animal, thing, or class by birth, origin, constitution, etc.
   2. native or inherent character.
   3. instinct or inherent tendency directing conduct.
3. relic; remain.
4. reliquary.
5. (grammar) root.