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).

Pronunciation

Noun

होम • (hóma) stem, m (Vedic háuma)

  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

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Tamil: ஹோமம் (hōmam), → ஓமம் (ōmam)

References

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