เหตุ

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Northern Thai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Pali hetu (“case, matter; cause, motive, reason; root; etc”) or Sanskrit हेतु (hetu, idem).

Noun[edit]

เหตุ • (transliteration needed)

  1. cause, reason

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative forms

Noun[edit]

เหตุ m

  1. Thai script form of hetu
  2. Thai script (without implicit vowels) form of hetu

Declension[edit]

Declension with implicit vowels:

Declension table of "เหตุ" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)เหตุ (hetu)เหตโว (hetavo) or เหตู (hetū)
Accusative (second)เหตุํ (hetuṃ)เหตโว (hetavo) or เหตู (hetū)
Instrumental (third)เหตุนา (hetunā)เหตูหิ (hetūhi) or เหตูภิ (hetūbhi)
Dative (fourth)เหตุสฺส (hetussa) or เหตุโน (hetuno)เหตูนํ (hetūnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)เหตุสฺมา (hetusmā) or เหตุมฺหา (hetumhā)เหตูหิ (hetūhi) or เหตูภิ (hetūbhi)
Genitive (sixth)เหตุสฺส (hetussa) or เหตุโน (hetuno)เหตูนํ (hetūnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)เหตุสฺมิํ (hetusmiṃ) or เหตุมฺหิ (hetumhi)เหตูสุ (hetūsu)
Vocative (calling)เหตุ (hetu)เหตเว (hetave) or เหตโว (hetavo)

Declension without implicit vowels:

Declension table of "เหตุ" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)เหตุ (hetu)เหตะโว (hetavo) or เหตู (hetū)
Accusative (second)เหตุง (hetuṃ)เหตะโว (hetavo) or เหตู (hetū)
Instrumental (third)เหตุนา (hetunā)เหตูหิ (hetūhi) or เหตูภิ (hetūbhi)
Dative (fourth)เหตุสสะ (hetussa) or เหตุโน (hetuno)เหตูนัง (hetūnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)เหตุสมา (hetusmā) or เหตุมหา (hetumhā)เหตูหิ (hetūhi) or เหตูภิ (hetūbhi)
Genitive (sixth)เหตุสสะ (hetussa) or เหตุโน (hetuno)เหตูนัง (hetūnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)เหตุสมิง (hetusmiṃ) or เหตุมหิ (hetumhi)เหตูสุ (hetūsu)
Vocative (calling)เหตุ (hetu)เหตะเว (hetave) or เหตะโว (hetavo)

Thai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Pali hetu (“case, matter; cause, motive, reason; root; etc”) or Sanskrit हेतु (hetu, idem); possibly via Old Khmer hetu, *hetu (“because; cause, reason; etc”). Cognate with Lao ເຫດ, Modern Khmer ហេតុ (haet), Northern Thai ᩉᩮ᩠ᨲᩩ (hēt).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicเหตุ
e h t u
Phonemic
เหด
e h ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonhèet
Royal Institutehet
(standard) IPA(key)/heːt̚˨˩/(R)

Noun[edit]

เหตุ • (hèet)

  1. cause, factor; ground, reason.
  2. event; incident; situation; happening; occurrence; circumstance.
  3. (archaic) account; note; record.

Conjunction[edit]

เหตุ • (hèet)

  1. because; because of.

Derived terms[edit]

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