"hetu" meaning in Pali

See hetu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Inherited from Sanskrit हेतु (hetu). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pi|sa|हेतु|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Sanskrit हेतु (hetu), {{inh+|pi|sa|हेतु}} Inherited from Sanskrit हेतु (hetu) Head templates: {{pi-noun|m}} hetu m Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=m}} Forms: masculine [table-tags], hetu [nominative, singular], hetavo [nominative, plural], hetū [nominative, plural], hetuṃ [accusative, singular], hetavo [accusative, plural], hetū [accusative, plural], hetunā [instrumental, singular], hetūhi [instrumental, plural], hetūbhi [instrumental, plural], hetussa [dative, singular], hetuno [dative, singular], hetūnaṃ [dative, plural], hetusmā [ablative, singular], hetumhā [ablative, singular], hetūhi [ablative, plural], hetūbhi [ablative, plural], hetussa [genitive, singular], hetuno [genitive, singular], hetūnaṃ [genitive, plural], hetusmiṃ [locative, singular], hetumhi [locative, singular], hetūsu [locative, plural], hetu [singular, vocative], hetave [plural, vocative], hetavo [plural, vocative]
  1. cause, reason Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-hetu-pi-noun-P7lx6SUB Categories (other): Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 35 30 35
  2. condition Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-hetu-pi-noun-WW1ApO0k Categories (other): Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 35 30 35
  3. motive Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-hetu-pi-noun-4Xq-DiP1 Categories (other): Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 35 30 35

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: ហេតុ (haet), ហែត (haet)"
    },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Northern Thai: เหตุ, ᩉᩮᨲᩩ, ᩉᩮ᩠ᨲᩩ"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: เหตุ (hèet)"
    }
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "hetavo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "hetū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "hetuṃ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetavo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "hetū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetunā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetūhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetūbhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetussa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetuno",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetūnaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetusmā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetumhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetūhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetūbhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetussa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetuno",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "hetūnaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetusmiṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetumhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetūsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetave",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetavo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "hetu m",
      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "pi-decl-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "Pali",
  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 30 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
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        "cause, reason"
      ],
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          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 30 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-hetu-pi-noun-WW1ApO0k",
      "links": [
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "35 30 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-hetu-pi-noun-4Xq-DiP1",
      "links": [
        [
          "motive",
          "motive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hetu"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
    "Pali lemmas",
    "Pali masculine nouns",
    "Pali nouns",
    "Pali nouns in Latin script",
    "Pali terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Pali terms inherited from Sanskrit"
  ],
  "descendants": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "ហេតុ",
            "3": "ហែត",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: ហេតុ (haet), ហែត (haet)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: ហេតុ (haet), ហែត (haet)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nod",
            "2": "เหตุ",
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            "4": "ᩉᩮ᩠ᨲᩩ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Northern Thai: เหตุ, ᩉᩮᨲᩩ, ᩉᩮ᩠ᨲᩩ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Northern Thai: เหตุ, ᩉᩮᨲᩩ, ᩉᩮ᩠ᨲᩩ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "เหตุ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: เหตุ (hèet)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: เหตุ (hèet)"
    }
  ],
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        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
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        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Sanskrit हेतु (hetu).",
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      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pi-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetavo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetuṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetavo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetunā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetūhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetūbhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetussa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetuno",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetūnaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetusmā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "hetumhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "hetūhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetussa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetuno",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetusmiṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetumhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetūsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetave",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hetavo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "cause, reason"
      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "links": [
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
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          "motive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hetu"
}

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