nātha

See also: natha and nátha

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀦𑀸𑀣 (Brahmi script)
  • नाथ (Devanagari script)
  • নাথ (Bengali script)
  • නාථ (Sinhalese script)
  • နာထ (Burmese script)
  • นาถ or นาถะ (Thai script)
  • ᨶᩣᨳ (Tai Tham script)
  • ນາຖ or ນາຖະ (Lao script)
  • នាថ (Khmer 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 \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)nāthonāthā
Accusative (second)nāthaṃnāthe
Instrumental (third)nāthenanāthehi or nāthebhi
Dative (fourth)nāthassa or nāthāya or nāthatthaṃnāthānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)nāthasmā or nāthamhā or nāthānāthehi or nāthebhi
Genitive (sixth)nāthassanāthānaṃ
Locative (seventh)nāthasmiṃ or nāthamhi or nāthenāthesu
Vocative (calling)nāthanāthā

Derived terms

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

References
  • nātha in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)
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