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”)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• होमन् (hóman) — Rigvedic

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হোম (Assamese script)
• ᬳᭀᬫ (Balinese script)
• হোম (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰺𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑁄𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• ဟောမ (Burmese script)
• હોમ (Gujarati script)
• ਹੋਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍋𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦺꦴꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂷𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಹೋಮ (Kannada script)
• ហោម (Khmer script)
• ໂຫມ (Lao script)
• ഹോമ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠣᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘻𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠣᠸᠠᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧜𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑑀𑐩 (Newa script)
• ହୋମ (Odia script)
• ꢲꣂꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆾𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖺𑖦 (Siddham script)
• හොම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩕𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚴𑚢 (Takri script)
• ஹோம (Tamil script)
• హోమ (Telugu script)
• โหม (Thai script)
• ཧོ་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒼𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨆𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

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 (kheûmă, “that which is poured”), χέω (khéō), Phrygian ζευμάν (zeumán). By surface analysis, हु (hu, “to offer, sacrifice”, root) +‎ -म (-ma).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

होम • (hóma) stem, m (root हु)

1. the act of making oblations to the gods; a Vedic ritual
2. oblation

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of होम

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	होमः (hómaḥ)	होमौ (hómau) होमा¹ (hómā¹)	होमाः (hómāḥ) होमासः¹ (hómāsaḥ¹)
vocative	होम (hóma)	होमौ (hómau) होमा¹ (hómā¹)	होमाः (hómāḥ) होमासः¹ (hómāsaḥ¹)
accusative	होमम् (hómam)	होमौ (hómau) होमा¹ (hómā¹)	होमान् (hómān)
instrumental	होमेन (hómena)	होमाभ्याम् (hómābhyām)	होमैः (hómaiḥ) होमेभिः¹ (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)

• ¹Vedic

Related terms

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

Descendants

• → Tamil: ஹோமம் (hōmam), → ஓமம் (ōmam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “होम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1306, column 1.