ហេតុ

See also: ហាត់

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali hetu (“motive, cause”), from Sanskrit हेतु (hetu, “motive, cause”)

Pronunciation

Orthographic ហេតុ hetu Phonemic ហែត haet WT romanisation haet (standard) IPA(key) /haet/

Noun

ហេតុ • (haet)

1. cause, reason, motive
2. matter
3. source, origin
4. method

Adverb

ហេតុ • (haet)

1. because (of)
2. for the reason that

Alternative forms

• ហែត (haet)

Derived terms

• ហេតុការណ៍ (haet kaa)

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• hetu (Latin script)
• 𑀳𑁂𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• हेतु (Devanagari script)
• হেতু (Bengali script)
• හෙතු (Sinhalese script)
• ဟေတု or ႁေတု (Burmese script)
• เหตุ (Thai script)
• ᩉᩮᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຫຕຸ (Lao script)
• 𑄦𑄬𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)

Noun

ហេតុ m

1. Khmer script form of hetu

Declension

Declension table of "ហេតុ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ហេតុ (hetu)	ហេតវោ (hetavo) or ហេតូ (hetū)
Accusative (second)	ហេតុំ (hetuṃ)	ហេតវោ (hetavo) or ហេតូ (hetū)
Instrumental (third)	ហេតុនា (hetunā)	ហេតូហិ (hetūhi) or ហេតូភិ (hetūbhi)
Dative (fourth)	ហេតុស្ស (hetussa) or ហេតុនោ (hetuno)	ហេតូនំ (hetūnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ហេតុស្មា (hetusmā) or ហេតុម្ហា (hetumhā)	ហេតូហិ (hetūhi) or ហេតូភិ (hetūbhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ហេតុស្ស (hetussa) or ហេតុនោ (hetuno)	ហេតូនំ (hetūnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ហេតុស្មិំ (hetusmiṃ) or ហេតុម្ហិ (hetumhi)	ហេតូសុ (hetūsu)
Vocative (calling)	ហេតុ (hetu)	ហេតវេ (hetave) or ហេតវោ (hetavo)