होम
Pali
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Verb
होम (homa)
- Devanagari script form of homa, which is present/imperative active first-person plural of होति (hoti, “to be”)
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
Noun
होम • (hóma) stem, m (Vedic háuma)
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of होम (hóma) | |||
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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 |
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Related terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “होम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1300, 1301, 1306.
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