sādhu

See also: sadhu

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit साधु (sādhu, “well, proper”).

Adjective

sādhu

good, virtuous

Noun

sādhu

sadhu: a holy man, saint, sage, seer.

Derived terms

apisādhu
asasadu
kasadon
kasādhun
pasasadu
sasadhwan
sasadon
sinādhu
sumādhu
sādhon

Descendants

Javanese: ꦱꦢꦸ (sadu)
→ Balinese: ᬲᬵᬥᬸ (sadu)
→ Indonesian: sadu (“sadhu”) (semantic loan)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

𑀲𑀸𑀥𑀼 (Brahmi script)
साधु (Devanagari script)
সাধু (Bengali script)
සාධු (Sinhalese script)
သာဓု or သႃꩪု (Burmese script)
สาธุ (Thai script)
ᩈᩣᨵᩩ (Tai Tham script)
ສາຘຸ (Lao script)
សាធុ (Khmer script)
𑄥𑄂𑄙𑄪 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit साधु (sādhu, “well, proper”).

Adjective

sādhu

well

Antonyms

asādhu

Descendants

→ Burmese: သာဓု (sadhu.)
→ Shan: သႃႇထူႉ (sàa thṵ̂u)
→ Thai: สาธุ (sǎa-tú)
→ Chinese: 善哉 (shànzāi) (calque)