attha

See also: aṭṭha

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀣 (Brahmi script)
  • अत्थ (Devanagari script)
  • অত্থ (Bengali script)
  • අත්‍ථ (Sinhalese script)
  • အတ္ထ or ဢတ္ထ or ဢတ်ထ (Burmese script)
  • อตฺถ or อัตถะ (Thai script)
  • ᩋᨲ᩠ᨳ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອຕ຺ຖ or ອັຕຖະ (Lao script)
  • អត្ថ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄖𑄴𑄗 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit अर्थ (artha).

Noun

attha m

  1. welfare, gain, wealth
  2. need, want, use
  3. meaning
    • c. 450 AD, Buddhaghosa, Visuddhimagga; extract republished as Zachary Scheuren, Proposal to encode CHAKMA LETTER VAA for Pali‎ (PDF), 2019, page 2:
      𑄖𑄖𑄳𑄢𑄂𑄠𑄁 𑅇𑄌𑄚𑄖𑄴𑄗𑄮𑅁 𑄌𑄢𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄨 𑄖𑄥𑄴𑄟𑄨𑄁 𑄥𑄩𑄣𑄬𑄥𑄪 𑄛𑄢𑄨𑄛𑄫𑄢𑄇𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄂𑄠 𑄛𑅇𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄩𑄖𑄨 𑄌𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄁𑅁 𑅇𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄁 𑄖𑄂𑄠𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄨 𑄢𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄨 𑄖𑄬𑄚𑄂𑄖𑄨 𑅇𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄁𑅁
      tatrāyaṃ vacanattho. caranti tasmiṃ sīlesu paripūrakāritāya pavattantīti cārittaṃ. vāritaṃ tāyanti rakkhanti tenāti vārittaṃ.
      Here, this is the meaning of the words: cāritta: "They behave within that, they proceed fulfilling the virtues"; vāritta: "They protect against what is avoided, they guard against it"
Usage notes

The thing needed, wanted or used is placed in the instrumental.

Declension
Declension table of "attha" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)atthoatthā
Accusative (second)atthaṃatthe
Instrumental (third)atthenaatthehi or atthebhi
Dative (fourth)atthassa or atthāya or atthatthaṃatthānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)atthasmā or atthamhā or atthāatthehi or atthebhi
Genitive (sixth)atthassaatthānaṃ
Locative (seventh)atthasmiṃ or atthamhi or attheatthesu
Vocative (calling)atthaatthā
Descendants
  • → Khmer: អត្ថ (ʼat)

Verb

attha

  1. second-person plural present/imperative active of atthi (“to be”)

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