होम
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- homa (Latin script)
- 𑀳𑁄𑀫 (Brahmi script)
- হোম (Bengali script)
- හොම (Sinhalese script)
- ဟောမ (Burmese script)
- โหม (Thai script)
- ᩉᩮᩣᨾ (Tai Tham script)
- ហោម (Khmer script)
Verb
होम
- Devanagari script form of homa, which is present and imperative first-person plural of होति (hoti, “to be”)
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰáwmas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵʰáwmas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéw-mo-s, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Ancient Greek χεῦμᾰ (kheûma, “that which is poured”), χέω (khéō), Phrygian ζευμάν (zeumán).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɦɐ́w.mɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɦoː.mɐ/
Noun
होम • (hóma) m (Vedic háuma)
- the act of making oblations to the gods; a Vedic ritual
- oblation
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of होम (hóma) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | होमः hómaḥ | होमौ hómau | होमाः / होमासः¹ hómāḥ / hómāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | होम hóma | होमौ hómau | होमाः / होमासः¹ hómāḥ / hómāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | होमम् hómam | होमौ hómau | होमान् hómān |
Instrumental | होमेन hómena | होमाभ्याम् hómābhyām | होमैः / होमेभिः¹ hómaiḥ / hómebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | होमाय hómāya | होमाभ्याम् hómābhyām | होमेभ्यः hómebhyaḥ |
Ablative | होमात् hómāt | होमाभ्याम् hómābhyām | होमेभ्यः hómebhyaḥ |
Genitive | होमस्य hómasya | होमयोः hómayoḥ | होमानाम् hómānām |
Locative | होमे hóme | होमयोः hómayoḥ | होमेषु hómeṣu |
Notes |
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Related terms
- होतृ (hótṛ, “a sacrificial priest”)
- जुहोति (juhóti)
- हुत (hutá)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “होम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, pages 1300, 1301, 1306.