हु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰaw-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰaw-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (to pour).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    हु • (hu)

    1. to sprinkle on
    2. to sacrifice
    3. to offer an oblation

    Derived terms

    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हु (0 c, 8 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root हु (4 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    • जुहोति (juhóti) (Present)
    • होष्यति (hoṣyáti) (Future)
    • होता (hotā́) (Periphrastic Future)
    • अहौषीत् (áhauṣīt) (Aorist)
    • हूयात् (hūyāt) (Benedictive)
    • जुहाव (juhāva) (Perfect)
    • जुहवांचकार (juhavā́ṃcakāra) (Periphrastic Perfect)
    Secondary Forms
    • हूयते (hūyáte) (Passive)
    • अहावि (áhāvi) (Passive Aorist)
    • हावयति (hāvayati) (Causative)
    • अजूहवत् (ajūhavat) (Causative Aorist)
    • जुहूषति (juhūṣati) (Desiderative)
    • जोहवीति (johavīti) (Intensive)
    • जोहूयते (johūyate) (Intensive)
    Non-Finite Forms
    • हुत (hutá) (Past Participle)
    • होतुम् (hótum) (Infinitive)
    • होतोस् (hótos) (Infinitive)
    • होतवै (hótavái) (Infinitive)
    • हुत्वा (hutvā) (Gerund)
    • हव्य (havyá) (Gerundive)
    • होतव्य (hotavyà) (Gerundive)
    • जुहूषु (juhūṣu) (Desiderative Participle)
    Derived Nominal Forms
    Prefixed Root Forms
    • अभिहु (abhihu)
    • आहु (āhu)
    • उपहु (upahu)
    • प्रतिहु (pratihu)
    • प्रहु (prahu)
    • संहु (saṃhu)

    References

    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “hu”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “HAV”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 808-9
    • Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*g̑ʰeu̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 179