होम

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

होम

  1. 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

Noun

होम (hóma) 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
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
  • ¹Vedic

References

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