haoma

See also: Haoma and hàomǎ

English

Etymology

From Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀‎ (haoma), from Old Iranian verbal root hu- "to press", from *su- "to press out, extract". Sanskrit सोम (sóma) derives from the same PIIr root.

Noun

haoma (uncountable)

(Zoroastrianism) A plant and corresponding personified divinity, Haoma.
- 1999, Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking, Pieter Willem van der Horst, Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible: DDD, p. 384:
  The offering of haoma was a common practice among Achaemenids; the Haumavarga Scythians probably owe their name to the fact that they did not press the plant but strewed it ritually (HOFFMANN 1975).

Derived terms

parahaoma, the extracted juice of the haoma plant

Translations

Haoma

Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀‎ (haoma)
Middle Persian: hwm‎ (hōm)

Persian: هوم‎ (fa) (hum)

Anagrams

Amoah, Omaha