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vatthāni

vattha

nt nom pl of vattha (noun); nt acc pl of vattha (noun); nt voc pl of vattha (noun); nt nom pl of vattha (adj); …

1. cloth; clothes; robe
2. corn
3. with clothes; clothed

Built from

• vatt — root · weave, cloth
  The root *wet- 'to weave' underlies the concrete image of interlaced threads. Cognates: English web, wad; Latin vesta 'dress'; Sanskrit vāstra-.
• a — ending · neuter singular stem
  The -a suffix marks the neuter gender and singular citation form.
• ni — ending · neuter plural nominative/accusative/vocative
  The ending -ni marks all three nominative, accusative, and vocative cases in the neuter plural.

Etymology. From Proto-Indo-European *wet- 'to weave' (cognates: English wad, web; Latin vesta 'garment'; Sanskrit vāstra-; German Gewebe 'fabric'). The root sense 'woven thing' gave rise to both 'cloth' and by extension 'grain' (winnowed, hence separated threads).

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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