haoma
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English
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Etymology
Transliteration of Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀 (haoma). Doublet of soma.
Noun
haoma (uncountable)
- (Zoroastrianism) A plant associated with the divinity Haoma.
- 1999, Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking, Pieter Willem van der Horst, Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible: DDD, page 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”)