होम

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• homa (Latin script)
• 𑀳𑁄𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• হোম (Bengali script)
• හොම (Sinhalese script)
• ဟောမ or ႁေႃမ (Burmese script)
• โหม or โหมะ (Thai script)
• ᩉᩮᩣᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂຫມ or ໂຫມະ (Lao script)
• ហោម (Khmer script)
• 𑄦𑄮𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

होम (homa)

1. Devanagari script form of homa, which is present/imperative active first-person plural of होति (hoti, “to be”)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰáwmas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáwmas, 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

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

Noun

होम • (hóma) stem, 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 / होमा¹ hómau / hómā¹	होमाः / होमासः¹ hómāḥ / hómāsaḥ¹
Vocative	होम hóma	होमौ / होमा¹ hómau / hómā¹	होमाः / होमासः¹ hómāḥ / hómāsaḥ¹
Accusative	होमम् hómam	होमौ / होमा¹ hómau / hómā¹	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

Related terms

• होतृ (hótṛ, “a sacrificial priest”)
• जुहोति (juhóti)
• हुत (hutá)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “होम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1300, 1301, 1306.