हु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হু (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬸ (Balinese script)
• হু (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဟု (Burmese script)
• હુ (Gujarati script)
• ਹੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಹು (Kannada script)
• ហុ (Khmer script)
• ຫຸ (Lao script)
• ഹു (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐸 (Newa script)
• ହୁ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖲 (Siddham script)
• හු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚰 (Takri script)
• ஹு (Tamil script)
• హు (Telugu script)
• หุ (Thai script)
• ཧུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰaw-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰaw-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦu/

Root

हु • (hu)

1. to sprinkle on
2. to sacrifice
3. to offer an oblation

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हु (0 c, 8 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root हु (4 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• जुहोति (juhóti) (Present)
• होष्यति (hoṣyáti) (Future)
• होता (hotā́) (Periphrastic Future)
• अहौषीत् (áhauṣīt) (Aorist)
• हूयात् (hūyāt) (Benedictive)
• जुहाव (juhāva) (Perfect)
• जुहवांचकार (juhavā́ṃcakāra) (Periphrastic Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• हूयते (hūyáte) (Passive)
• अहावि (áhāvi) (Passive Aorist)
• हावयति (hāvayati) (Causative)
• अजूहवत् (ajūhavat) (Causative Aorist)
• जुहूषति (juhūṣati) (Desiderative)
• जोहवीति (johavīti) (Intensive)
• जोहूयते (johūyate) (Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• हुत (hutá) (Past Participle)
• होतुम् (hótum) (Infinitive)
• होतोस् (hótos) (Infinitive)
• होतवै (hótavái) (Infinitive)
• हुत्वा (hutvā) (Gerund)
• हव्य (havyá) (Gerundive)
• होतव्य (hotavyà) (Gerundive)
• जुहूषु (juhūṣu) (Desiderative Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• हविस् (havís)
• हुत् (hut)
• हुति (huti)
• होतृ (hótṛ)
• होत्र (hotrá)
• होत्रा (hótrā)
• होम (hóma)
• होमन् (hóman)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अभिहु (abhihu)
• आहु (āhu)
• उपहु (upahu)
• प्रतिहु (pratihu)
• प्रहु (prahu)
• संहु (saṃhu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1300, column 3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 206
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “hu”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “HAV”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 808-9
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*g̑ʰeu̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 179