जुहू

See also: जहाँ and जी हाँ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• जिह्वा (jihvā́)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́uźʰúHs, possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH (whence जिह्वा (jihvā́)), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑu.ɦúː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑu.ɦuː/

Noun

जुहू • (juhū́) stem, f

1. tongue (especially of Agni; 7 are named), flame
   • RV 1.58.4b

     वि वातजूतो अतसेषु तिष्ठते वर्था जुहूभिः सर्ण्या तुविष्वणिः |

     तर्षु यदग्ने वनिनो वर्षायसे कर्ष्णं त एम रुशदूर्मे अजर ||

     vi vātajūto ataseṣu tiṣṭhate vṛthā juhūbhiḥ sṛṇyā tuviṣvaṇiḥ |

     tṛṣu yadaghne vanino vṛṣāyase kṛṣṇaṃ ta ema ruśadūrme ajara ||

     Urged by the wind be spreads through dry wood as he lists, armed with his tongues for sickles, with a mighty roar.

     Black is thy path, Agni, changeless, with glittering waves! when like a bull thou rushest eager to the trees.

2. personified as wife of Brahmā and goddess of speech (author of RV. X, 109)
3. a curved wooden ladle (for pouring sacrificial butter into fire)
   • RV 10.21.3b

     तवे धर्माण आसते जुहूभिः सिञ्चतीरिव |

     कर्ष्णारूपाण्यर्जुना वि वो मदे विश्वा अधि शरियो धिषेविवक्षसे ||

     tve dharmāṇa āsate juhūbhiḥ siñcatīriva |

     kṛṣṇārūpāṇyarjunā vi vo made viśvā adhi śriyo dhiṣevivakṣase ||

     The holy statutes rest by thee, as ’twere with ladles that o’erflow.

     Black and white-gleaming colours,-at your glad carouse-all glories thou assurnest. Thou art waxing great.

4. that part of the frame enshrining the universal spirit which faces the east

Declension

Feminine ū-stem declension of जुहू (juhū́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जुहूः juhū́ḥ	जुह्वौ / जुहू¹ juhvaù / juhū́¹	जुह्वः / जुहूः¹ juhvàḥ / juhū́ḥ¹
Vocative	जुहु júhu	जुह्वौ / जुहू¹ júhvau / júhū¹	जुह्वः / जुहूः¹ júhvaḥ / júhūḥ¹
Accusative	जुहूम् juhū́m	जुह्वौ / जुहू¹ juhvaù / juhū́¹	जुहूः juhū́ḥ
Instrumental	जुह्वा juhvā́	जुहूभ्याम् juhū́bhyām	जुहूभिः juhū́bhiḥ
Dative	जुह्वै juhvaí	जुहूभ्याम् juhū́bhyām	जुहूभ्यः juhū́bhyaḥ
Ablative	जुह्वाः / जुह्वै² juhvā́ḥ / juhvaí²	जुहूभ्याम् juhū́bhyām	जुहूभ्यः juhū́bhyaḥ
Genitive	जुह्वाः / जुह्वै² juhvā́ḥ / juhvaí²	जुह्वोः juhvóḥ	जुहूनाम् juhū́nām
Locative	जुह्वाम् juhvā́m	जुह्वोः juhvóḥ	जुहूषु juhū́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “जुहू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0424.