हूत

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হূত (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬹᬢ (Balinese script)
• হূত (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰳𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀽𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ဟူတ (Burmese script)
• હૂત (Gujarati script)
• ਹੂਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍂𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦹꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂴𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಹೂತ (Kannada script)
• ហូត (Khmer script)
• ຫູຕ (Lao script)
• ഹൂത (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᡠᡠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘴𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠤᠤᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧕𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐹𑐟 (Newa script)
• ହୂତ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢹꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆷𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖳𑖝 (Siddham script)
• හූත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩒𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚱𑚙 (Takri script)
• ஹூத (Tamil script)
• హూత (Telugu script)
• หูต (Thai script)
• ཧཱུ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒴𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨃𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuH-tó-s (“invoked”), from *ǵʰewH- (“to invoke”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦuː.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦuː.t̪ɐ/

Verb

हूत • (hūtá)

1. past participle of ह्वयति (hvayati)

Adjective

हूत • (hūtá) stem

1. called, summoned, invoked, invited
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.92.2:

     पु॒रु॒हू॒तं पु॑रुष्टु॒तं गा॑था॒न्यं१॒॑ सन॑श्रुतम् ।
     इन्द्र॒ इति॑ ब्रवीतन ॥

     puruhūtáṃ puruṣṭutáṃ gāthānyàṃ sánaśrutam .
     índra íti bravītana .

     Proclaim that deity as Indra, who is invoked by many, who is praised by many, who is worthy of songs and renowned as eternal.

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.107.5:

     दक्षि॑णावान्प्रथ॒मो हू॒त ए॑ति॒ दक्षि॑णावान्ग्राम॒णीरग्र॑मेति ।
     तमे॒व म॑न्ये नृ॒पतिं॒ जना॑नां॒ यः प्र॑थ॒मो दक्षि॑णामावि॒वाय॑ ॥

     dákṣiṇāvānprathamó hūtá eti dákṣiṇāvāngrāmaṇī́rágrameti .
     támevá manye nṛpátiṃ jánānāṃ yáḥ prathamó dákṣiṇāmāvivā́ya .

     He who brings reward comes as first invited: chief of the hamlet comes the reward-bearer;
     Him I account the ruler of the people who was the first to introduce the reward.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हूत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	हूतः (hūtáḥ)	हूतौ (hūtaú) हूता¹ (hūtā́¹)	हूताः (hūtā́ḥ) हूतासः¹ (hūtā́saḥ¹)
vocative	हूत (hū́ta)	हूतौ (hū́tau) हूता¹ (hū́tā¹)	हूताः (hū́tāḥ) हूतासः¹ (hū́tāsaḥ¹)
accusative	हूतम् (hūtám)	हूतौ (hūtaú) हूता¹ (hūtā́¹)	हूतान् (hūtā́n)
instrumental	हूतेन (hūténa)	हूताभ्याम् (hūtā́bhyām)	हूतैः (hūtaíḥ) हूतेभिः¹ (hūtébhiḥ¹)
dative	हूताय (hūtā́ya)	हूताभ्याम् (hūtā́bhyām)	हूतेभ्यः (hūtébhyaḥ)
ablative	हूतात् (hūtā́t)	हूताभ्याम् (hūtā́bhyām)	हूतेभ्यः (hūtébhyaḥ)
genitive	हूतस्य (hūtásya)	हूतयोः (hūtáyoḥ)	हूतानाम् (hūtā́nām)
locative	हूते (hūté)	हूतयोः (hūtáyoḥ)	हूतेषु (hūtéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of हूता

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	हूता (hūtā́)	हूते (hūté)	हूताः (hūtā́ḥ)
vocative	हूते (hū́te)	हूते (hū́te)	हूताः (hū́tāḥ)
accusative	हूताम् (hūtā́m)	हूते (hūté)	हूताः (hūtā́ḥ)
instrumental	हूतया (hūtáyā) हूता¹ (hūtā́¹)	हूताभ्याम् (hūtā́bhyām)	हूताभिः (hūtā́bhiḥ)
dative	हूतायै (hūtā́yai)	हूताभ्याम् (hūtā́bhyām)	हूताभ्यः (hūtā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	हूतायाः (hūtā́yāḥ) हूतायै² (hūtā́yai²)	हूताभ्याम् (hūtā́bhyām)	हूताभ्यः (hūtā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	हूतायाः (hūtā́yāḥ) हूतायै² (hūtā́yai²)	हूतयोः (hūtáyoḥ)	हूतानाम् (hūtā́nām)
locative	हूतायाम् (hūtā́yām)	हूतयोः (hūtáyoḥ)	हूतासु (hūtā́su)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of हूत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	हूतम् (hūtám)	हूते (hūté)	हूतानि (hūtā́ni) हूता¹ (hūtā́¹)
vocative	हूत (hū́ta)	हूते (hū́te)	हूतानि (hū́tāni) हूता¹ (hū́tā¹)
accusative	हूतम् (hūtám)	हूते (hūté)	हूतानि (hūtā́ni) हूता¹ (hūtā́¹)
instrumental	हूतेन (hūténa)	हूताभ्याम् (hūtā́bhyām)	हूतैः (hūtaíḥ) हूतेभिः¹ (hūtébhiḥ¹)
dative	हूताय (hūtā́ya)	हूताभ्याम् (hūtā́bhyām)	हूतेभ्यः (hūtébhyaḥ)
ablative	हूतात् (hūtā́t)	हूताभ्याम् (hūtā́bhyām)	हूतेभ्यः (hūtébhyaḥ)
genitive	हूतस्य (hūtásya)	हूतयोः (hūtáyoḥ)	हूतानाम् (hūtā́nām)
locative	हूते (hūté)	हूतयोः (hūtáyoḥ)	हूतेषु (hūtéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “हूत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1308, column 3.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “हूत”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1762