जुहू

See also: जहाँ and जी हाँ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́uźʰúHs, possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH (whence जिह्वा (jihvā́)), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

Noun

जु॒हू • (juhū́) stem, f

  1. tongue (especially of Agni; 7 are named), flame
    • RV 1.58.4b
      वि वातजूतो अतसेषु तिष्ठते वर्था जुहूभिः सर्ण्या तुविष्वणिः |
      तर्षु यदग्ने वनिनो वर्षायसे कर्ष्णं त एम रुशदूर्मे अजर ||
      vi vātajūto ataseṣu tiṣṭhate vṛthā juhūbhiḥ sṛṇyā tuviṣvaṇiḥ |
      tṛṣu yadaghne vanino vṛṣāyase kṛṣṇaṃ ta ema ruśadūrme ajara ||
      Urged by the wind be spreads through dry wood as he lists, armed with his tongues for sickles, with a mighty roar.
      Black is thy path, Agni, changeless, with glittering waves! when like a bull thou rushest eager to the trees.
  2. personified as wife of Brahmā and goddess of speech (author of RV. X, 109)
  3. a curved wooden ladle (for pouring sacrificial butter into fire)
    • RV 10.21.3b
      तवे धर्माण आसते जुहूभिः सिञ्चतीरिव |
      कर्ष्णारूपाण्यर्जुना वि वो मदे विश्वा अधि शरियो धिषेविवक्षसे ||
      tve dharmāṇa āsate juhūbhiḥ siñcatīriva |
      kṛṣṇārūpāṇyarjunā vi vo made viśvā adhi śriyo dhiṣevivakṣase ||
      The holy statutes rest by thee, as ’twere with ladles that o’erflow.
      Black and white-gleaming colours,-at your glad carouse-all glories thou assurnest. Thou art waxing great.
  4. that part of the frame enshrining the universal spirit which faces the east

Declension

Feminine ū-stem declension of जु॒हू
singular dual plural
nominative जु॒हूः (juhū́ḥ) जु॒ह्वौ॑ (juhvàu)
जु॒हू¹ (juhū́¹) 		जु॒ह्वः॑ (juhvàḥ)
जु॒हूः¹ (juhū́ḥ¹)
accusative जु॒हूम् (juhū́m) जु॒ह्वौ॑ (juhvàu)
जु॒हू¹ (juhū́¹) 		जु॒हूः (juhū́ḥ)
instrumental जु॒ह्वा (juhvā́) जु॒हूभ्या॑म् (juhū́bhyām) जु॒हूभिः॑ (juhū́bhiḥ)
dative जु॒ह्वै (juhvái) जु॒हूभ्या॑म् (juhū́bhyām) जु॒हूभ्यः॑ (juhū́bhyaḥ)
ablative जु॒ह्वाः (juhvā́ḥ)
जु॒ह्वै² (juhvái²) 		जु॒हूभ्या॑म् (juhū́bhyām) जु॒हूभ्यः॑ (juhū́bhyaḥ)
genitive जु॒ह्वाः (juhvā́ḥ)
जु॒ह्वै² (juhvái²) 		जु॒ह्वोः (juhvóḥ) जु॒हूना॑म् (juhū́nām)
locative जु॒ह्वाम् (juhvā́m) जु॒ह्वोः (juhvóḥ) जु॒हूषु॑ (juhū́ṣu)
vocative जुहु॑ (júhu) जुह्वौ॑ (júhvau)
जुहू॑¹ (júhū¹) 		जुह्वः॑ (júhvaḥ)
जुहूः॑¹ (júhūḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

References

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