होत्र
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- হোত্ৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬳᭀᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- হোত্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰺𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ဟောတြ (Burmese script)
- હોત્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਹੋਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌹𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦲꦺꦴꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
- 𑂯𑂷𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಹೋತ್ರ (Kannada script)
- ហោត្រ (Khmer script)
- ໂຫຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- ഹോത്ര (Malayalam script)
- ᡥᠣᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘮𑘻𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠾᠣᠸᠠᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧎𑧜𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑑀𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ହୋତ୍ର (Odia script)
- ꢲꣂꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑆾𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖺𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- හොත්ර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪂𑩕𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚩𑚴𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
- ஹோத்ர (Tamil script)
- హోత్ర (Telugu script)
- โหตฺร (Thai script)
- ཧོ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑒼𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨱𑨆𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰawtrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáwtram, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɦɐwt.ɾɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɦoːt̪.ɾɐ/
Noun
हो॒त्र • (hotrá) stem, n
- sacrificing, the function or office of the hotr
- a burnt offering, oblation with fire, sacrifice
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | हो॒त्रम् (hotrám) | हो॒त्रे (hotré) | हो॒त्राणि॑ (hotrā́ṇi) हो॒त्रा¹ (hotrā́¹) |
| accusative | हो॒त्रम् (hotrám) | हो॒त्रे (hotré) | हो॒त्राणि॑ (hotrā́ṇi) हो॒त्रा¹ (hotrā́¹) |
| instrumental | हो॒त्रेण॑ (hotréṇa) | हो॒त्राभ्या॑म् (hotrā́bhyām) | हो॒त्रैः (hotráiḥ) हो॒त्रेभिः॑¹ (hotrébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | हो॒त्राय॑ (hotrā́ya) | हो॒त्राभ्या॑म् (hotrā́bhyām) | हो॒त्रेभ्यः॑ (hotrébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | हो॒त्रात् (hotrā́t) | हो॒त्राभ्या॑म् (hotrā́bhyām) | हो॒त्रेभ्यः॑ (hotrébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | हो॒त्रस्य॑ (hotrásya) | हो॒त्रयोः॑ (hotráyoḥ) | हो॒त्राणा॑म् (hotrā́ṇām) |
| locative | हो॒त्रे (hotré) | हो॒त्रयोः॑ (hotráyoḥ) | हो॒त्रेषु॑ (hotréṣu) |
| vocative | होत्र॑ (hótra) | होत्रे॑ (hótre) | होत्रा॑णि (hótrāṇi) होत्रा॑¹ (hótrā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “होत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1306, column 1.