hwm

See also: HWM

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Old Persian *𐏃𐎢𐎶 (hauma-) (compare 𐏃𐎢𐎶𐎺𐎼𐎥𐎠 (haumavargā)), from Proto-Iranian *hauma- (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀 (haoma), Sogdian [script needed] (xwm)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sauma- (compare Sanskrit सोम (sóma)).

Noun

hwm • (hōm)

1. (Zoroastrianism) haoma

Descendants

• Persian: هوم (hum)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “Hōm”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• “haoma”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, 2013 November 28 (last accessed)