haoma

See also: Haoma and hàomǎ

English

Alternative forms

• hom, homa

Etymology

Transliteration of Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀 (haoma). Doublet of soma.

Noun

haoma (uncountable)

1. (Zoroastrianism) A plant associated with the divinity Haoma.
   • 1999, Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking, Pieter Willem van der Horst, Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible: DDD, page 384:

     The offering of haoma was a common practice among Achaemenids; the Haumavarga Scythians probably owe their name to the fact that they did not press the plant but strewed it ritually (HOFFMANN 1975).

Derived terms

• parahaoma (“the extracted juice of the haoma plant”)

Translations

Haoma

• Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀 (haoma)
• Finnish: haoma, homa
• Middle Persian: hwm (hōm)
• Persian: هوم (fa) (hum)

Anagrams

• Amoah, Omaha