ဝတ္ထု

Burmese

Etymology

From Pali vatthu (“object; thing; reason; ground; story”), from Sanskrit वस्तु (vastu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wʊʔtʰṵ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: wathtu. • ALA-LC: vatthu • BGN/PCGN: wuthtu. • Okell: wuʔhtú

Noun

ဝတ္ထု • (wathtu.)

1. matter, object
2. money offered for the use of monks; commodity
3. story, narrative, novel, fiction

Descendants

• → Shan: ဝုတ်ႉထူႉ (wṵ̂t thṵ̂u)

References

• “ဝတ္ထု” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.