होम

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Pali

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Verb

होम (homa)

  1. Devanagari script form of homa, which is present/imperative active first-person plural of होति (hoti, to be)

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰáwmas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáwmas, 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). By surface analysis, हु (hu, to offer, sacrifice, root) +‎ -म (-ma).

Pronunciation

Noun

होम (hóma) stemm (root हु)

  1. the act of making oblations to the gods; a Vedic ritual
  2. oblation

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of होम (hóma)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative होमः
hómaḥ
होमौ / होमा¹
hómau / hómā¹
होमाः / होमासः¹
hómāḥ / hómāsaḥ¹
Vocative होम
hóma
होमौ / होमा¹
hómau / hómā¹
होमाः / होमासः¹
hómāḥ / hómāsaḥ¹
Accusative होमम्
hómam
होमौ / होमा¹
hómau / hómā¹
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
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Tamil: ஹோமம் (hōmam), ஓமம் (ōmam)

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