होतृ

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

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 17 October 2017

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰáwtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáwtā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéwtōr (“pourer”), from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬀𐬭 (zaotar).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

होतृ • (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. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.1:

     ॐ अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवमृत्विजम् ।
     होतारं रत्नधातमम् ॥

     oṃ agnimīḷe purohitaṃ yajñasya devamṛtvijam.
     hotāraṃ ratnadhātamam.

     I Laud Agni, the chosen Priest, God, minister of sacrifice,
     The hotar, lavishest of wealth.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of होतृ (hótṛ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	होता hótā	होतारौ / होतारा¹ hótārau / hótārā¹	होतारः hótāraḥ
Vocative	होतः hótaḥ	होतारौ / होतारा¹ hótārau / hótārā¹	होतारः hótāraḥ
Accusative	होतारम् hótāram	होतारौ / होतारा¹ hótārau / hótārā¹	होतॄन् hótṝn
Instrumental	होत्रा hótrā	होतृभ्याम् hótṛbhyām	होतृभिः hótṛbhiḥ
Dative	होत्रे hótre	होतृभ्याम् hótṛbhyām	होतृभ्यः hótṛbhyaḥ
Ablative	होतुः hótuḥ	होतृभ्याम् hótṛbhyām	होतृभ्यः hótṛbhyaḥ
Genitive	होतुः hótuḥ	होत्रोः hótroḥ	होतॄणाम् hótṝṇām
Locative	होतरि hótari	होत्रोः hótroḥ	होतृषु hótṛṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

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.