होता

See also: हति, हात, हृत, हेतु, हेतू, होती, होतृ, and होते

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦoː.t̪ɑː/, [ɦoː.t̪äː]

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit होता (hotā).

Noun

होता • (hotā) m (Urdu spelling ہوتا)

1. (Hinduism) hotr

Declension

Declension of होता (masc unmarked ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	होता hotā	होता hotā
oblique	होता hotā	होताओं hotāõ
vocative	होता hotā	होताओ hotāo

Etymology 2

Inflected form of होना (honā, “to be”).

Verb

होता • (hotā) (Urdu spelling ہوتا)

1. inflection of होना (honā, “to be”):
   1. masculine singular habitual participle
   2. masculine singular contrafactual

Related terms

• होती (hotī) f

Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦo.t̪a/

Verb

होता • (hotā)

1. masculine plural past of असणे (asṇe)

Related terms

• होती (hotī)
• होते (hote)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হোতা (Assamese script)
• ᬳᭀᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
• হোতা (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰺𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဟောတာ (Burmese script)
• હોતા (Gujarati script)
• ਹੋਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍋𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦺꦴꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂷𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಹೋತಾ (Kannada script)
• ហោតា (Khmer script)
• ໂຫຕາ (Lao script)
• ഹോതാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠣᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘻𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠣᠸᠠᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧜𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑑀𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
• ହୋତା (Odia script)
• ꢲꣂꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆾𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖺𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
• හොතා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩕𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚴𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஹோதா (Tamil script)
• హోతా (Telugu script)
• โหตา (Thai script)
• ཧོ་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒼𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨆𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐw.tɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦoː.t̪ɑː/

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ́w.tɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦoː.t̪ɑː/

Verb

हो॒ता • (hotā́) third-singular indicative (type A, periphrastic future, root हु)

1. periphrastic future of हु (hu)

Conjugation

Periphrastic Future: हो॒ता (hotā́), हो॒ता (hotā́)
	Active			Middle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	हो॒ता hotā́	हो॒तारौ॑ / हो॒तारा॑¹ hotā́rau / hotā́rā¹	हो॒तारः॑ hotā́raḥ	हो॒ता hotā́	हो॒तारौ॑ hotā́rau	हो॒तारः॑ hotā́raḥ
Second	हो॒तासि॑ hotā́si	हो॒तास्थः॑ hotā́sthaḥ	हो॒तास्थ॑ hotā́stha	हो॒तासे॑ hotā́se	हो॒तासा॑थे hotā́sāthe	हो॒ताध्वे॑ hotā́dhve
First	हो॒तास्मि॑ hotā́smi	हो॒तास्वः॑ hotā́svaḥ	हो॒तास्मः॑ / हो॒तास्म॑सि¹ hotā́smaḥ / hotā́smasi¹	हो॒ताहे॑ hotā́he	हो॒तास्व॑हे hotā́svahe	हो॒तास्म॑हे hotā́smahe
Notes	The middle forms of the periphrastic future rarely occur. ¹Vedic

Noun

होता॑ • (hótā) stem, m

1. nominative singular of होतृ (hótṛ)