हेतु
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɦeː.t̪uː/
Noun
हेतु • (hetu) m
Pali
Alternative forms
Declension
Declension table of "हेतु" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | हेतु (hetu) | हेतवो (hetavo) or हेतू (hetū) |
| Accusative (second) | हेतुं (hetuṃ) | हेतवो (hetavo) or हेतू (hetū) |
| Instrumental (third) | हेतुना (hetunā) | हेतूहि (hetūhi) or हेतूभि (hetūbhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | हेतुस्स (hetussa) or हेतुनो (hetuno) | हेतूनं (hetūnaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | हेतुस्मा (hetusmā) or हेतुम्हा (hetumhā) | हेतूहि (hetūhi) or हेतूभि (hetūbhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | हेतुस्स (hetussa) or हेतुनो (hetuno) | हेतूनं (hetūnaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | हेतुस्मिं (hetusmiṃ) or हेतुम्हि (hetumhi) | हेतूसु (hetūsu) |
| Vocative (calling) | हेतु (hetu) | हेतवे (hetave) or हेतवो (hetavo) |
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- হেতু (Assamese script)
- ᬳᬾᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
- হেতু (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰸𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑁂𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဟေတု (Burmese script)
- હેતુ (Gujarati script)
- ਹੇਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌹𑍇𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦲꦺꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂯𑂵𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಹೇತು (Kannada script)
- ហេតុ (Khmer script)
- ເຫຕຸ (Lao script)
- ഹേതു (Malayalam script)
- ᡥᡝᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘮𑘹𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠾᠧᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧎𑧚𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑐾𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
- ହେତୁ (Odia script)
- ꢲꢾꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑆼𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖸𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
- හෙතු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪂𑩔𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚩𑚲𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
- ஹேது (Tamil script)
- హేతు (Telugu script)
- เหตุ (Thai script)
- ཧེ་ཏུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑒹𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨱𑨄𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Noun
हेतु • (hetú) stem, m
- "impulse", motive, cause, cause of, reason for (+locative, rarely dative or genitive)
- हेतुना (hetunā), हेतोः (hetoḥ), हेतवे (hetave), हेतौ (hetau) — for a cause or reason, by reason of, on account of (+genitive or compound):
- मम हेतोः (mama hetoḥ) or मद्-धेतोः (mad-dhetoḥ) — on account of me
- कं हेतुम् (kaṃ hetum) or को हेटुः (ko heṭuḥ) — wherefore?, why?
- यतो हेतोः (yato hetoḥ) — because
- अनेन हेतुना (anena hetunā) or इति हेतोः (iti hetoḥ) — for this reason
- मृत्यु-हेतवे (mṛtyu-hetave) — in order to kill
- हेतुर् अलौकिकः (hetur alaukikaḥ) — a supernatural cause
- (at the end of a compound) "having as a cause or motive", "caused or effected or actuated or attracted or impelled by"
- कर्महेतु (karma-hetu) — caused by the acts (of a former existence)
- मांसहेतु (māṃsa-hetu) — attracted by (the smell of) flesh
- कर्मफलहेतु (karma-phala-hetu) — impelled by (the expectation of) the consequences of any act
- a logical reason or deduction or argument, the reason for an inference (especially applied to the second member or अवयव (avayava) of the five-membered syllogism; compare न्याय (nyāya))
- logic (in general, compare हेतुविद्या (hetuvidyā))
- (grammar) the agent of the causal verb
- (with Buddhists) primary cause (as opposed to प्रत्यय (pratyaya))
- (with पशुपति (paśu-pati)s) that which causes the bondage of the soul i.e. the external world and the senses
- the means
- हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) (at the end of a compound) — by means of
- mode, manner
- हेतुभिः (hetubhiḥ) (at the end of a compound) — according to
- price, cost
- condition
- (rhetoric) = काव्यलिङ्ग (kāvya-liṅga)
Declension
| Masculine u-stem declension of हेतु (hetú) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | हेतुः hetúḥ |
हेतू hetū́ |
हेतवः hetávaḥ |
| Vocative | हेतो héto |
हेतू hétū |
हेतवः hétavaḥ |
| Accusative | हेतुम् hetúm |
हेतू hetū́ |
हेतून् hetū́n |
| Instrumental | हेतुना / हेत्वा¹ hetúnā / hetvā́¹ |
हेतुभ्याम् hetúbhyām |
हेतुभिः hetúbhiḥ |
| Dative | हेतवे / हेत्वे¹ hetáve / hetvé¹ |
हेतुभ्याम् hetúbhyām |
हेतुभ्यः hetúbhyaḥ |
| Ablative | हेतोः / हेत्वः¹ hetóḥ / hetváḥ¹ |
हेतुभ्याम् hetúbhyām |
हेतुभ्यः hetúbhyaḥ |
| Genitive | हेतोः / हेत्वः¹ hetóḥ / hetváḥ¹ |
हेत्वोः hetvóḥ |
हेतूनाम् hetūnā́m |
| Locative | हेतौ hetaú |
हेत्वोः hetvóḥ |
हेतुषु hetúṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “हेतु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1303.
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