nātha

See also: natha and nátha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀦𑀸𑀣 (Brahmi script)
• नाथ (Devanagari script)
• নাথ (Bengali script)
• නාථ (Sinhalese script)
• နာထ or ၼႃထ (Burmese script)
• นาถ or นาถะ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩣᨳ (Tai Tham script)
• ນາຖ or ນາຖະ (Lao script)
• នាថ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄂𑄗 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Cognate with Sanskrit नाथ (nātha). From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HnaHtʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HnaHtʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃neh₂- (“to help, support”).

Noun

nātha m

1. protector

Declension

Declension table of "nātha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	nātho	nāthā
Accusative (second)	nāthaṃ	nāthe
Instrumental (third)	nāthena	nāthehi or nāthebhi
Dative (fourth)	nāthassa or nāthāya or nāthatthaṃ	nāthānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	nāthasmā or nāthamhā or nāthā	nāthehi or nāthebhi
Genitive (sixth)	nāthassa	nāthānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	nāthasmiṃ or nāthamhi or nāthe	nāthesu
Vocative (calling)	nātha	nāthā

Derived terms

• anātha (“helpless”)

Descendants

• Khmer: នាថ (niət, “chief”)
• Thai: นาถ (nâat, “protector”)
• (disputed) Burmese: နတ် (nat), whence English: nat

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “nātha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead