धातु dhātu

धातु dhātu dha:tu (nf) a metal; constituent elements (of the body); semen; root.

S دهاتو धातु dhātu , s.m. An element, primary or elementary substance (viz. earth, fire, water, air, atmosphere); constituent element of the body; primary or essential fluid or juice, a secretion; semen; the matter which oozes in a gleet; a humour or affection of the body (as phlegm, wind, and bile); any one of the five qualities or properties of the elements observed by the organs of sense (viz. sound, tangibility, colour, flavour, smell); a primary element of the earth or of mountains, a mineral, fossil, metal, ore; the primary element of words, root, crude form, radical, verbal root.