होतृ

See also: होते, हेतु, हति, होती, होता, हृत, and हात

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 17 October 2017

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হোতৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬳᭀᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
• হোতৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰺𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• ဟောတၖ (Burmese script)
• હોતૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਹੋਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍋𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦺꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂷𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ಹೋತೃ (Kannada script)
• ហោត្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ໂຫຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• ഹോതൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠣᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘻𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠣᠸᠠᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧜𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑑀𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
• ହୋତୃ (Odia script)
• ꢲꣂꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆾𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖺𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
• හොතෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩕𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚴𑚙 (Takri script)
• ஹோத்ரி (Tamil script)
• హోతృ (Telugu script)
• โหตฺฤ (Thai script)
• ཧོ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒼𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨆𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáwtā (“priest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéw-tōr (“pourer”), from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬀𐬭 (zaotar) and possibly English god.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ́w.tr̩/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦoː.t̪r̩/

Noun

होतृ॑ • (hótṛ) stem, m

1. an offerer of an oblation or yajna, sacrificer, priest, especially a priest who at a sacrifice invokes the gods or recites the Rigveda, a Rigveda priest; hotr
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.1:

     अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म् ।
     होता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मम् ॥

     agnímīḷe puróhitaṃ yajñásya devámṛtvíjam.
     hótāraṃ ratnadhā́tamam.

     I glorify Agni, the high priest of the sacrifice, the divine, the ministrant, who presents the oblation to the gods, and is the possessor of great wealth.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of होतृ॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	होता॑ (hótā)	होता॑रौ (hótārau) होता॑रा¹ (hótārā¹)	होता॑रः (hótāraḥ)
accusative	होता॑रम् (hótāram)	होता॑रौ (hótārau) होता॑रा¹ (hótārā¹)	होतॄ॑न् (hótṝn)
instrumental	होत्रा॑ (hótrā)	होतृ॑भ्याम् (hótṛbhyām)	होतृ॑भिः (hótṛbhiḥ)
dative	होत्रे॑ (hótre)	होतृ॑भ्याम् (hótṛbhyām)	होतृ॑भ्यः (hótṛbhyaḥ)
ablative	होतुः॑ (hótuḥ)	होतृ॑भ्याम् (hótṛbhyām)	होतृ॑भ्यः (hótṛbhyaḥ)
genitive	होतुः॑ (hótuḥ)	होत्रोः॑ (hótroḥ)	होतॄ॑णाम् (hótṝṇām)
locative	होत॑रि (hótari)	होत्रोः॑ (hótroḥ)	होतृ॑षु (hótṛṣu)
vocative	होतः॑ (hótaḥ)	होता॑रौ (hótārau) होता॑रा¹ (hótārā¹)	होता॑रः (hótāraḥ)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• होत्रक (hotraka), होतृक (hotṛka)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬 (hottiya)

Descendants

• → English: hotr, hotar

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “होतृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1306/1.