हुम्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- हूम् (hūm)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- হুম্ (Assamese script)
- ᬳᬸᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
- হুম্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰲𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑀼𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဟုမ် (Burmese script)
- હુમ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਹੁਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌹𑍁𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦲꦸꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂯𑂳𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಹುಮ್ (Kannada script)
- ហុម៑ (Khmer script)
- ຫຸມ຺ (Lao script)
- ഹുമ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡥᡠᠮ (Manchu script)
- 𑘮𑘳𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠾᠤᠮ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧎𑧔𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑐸𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
- ହୁମ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢲꢸꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑆶𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖲𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
- හුම් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪂𑩒𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚩𑚰𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஹும் (Tamil script)
- హుమ్ (Telugu script)
- หุมฺ (Thai script)
- ཧུ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑒳𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨱𑨃𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɦum/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɦum/
Interjection
हुम् • (hum)
- a particle expressing: 1) remembrance or recollection, 2) doubt, 3) assent, 4) anger, 5) aversion, 6) reproach, 7) interrogation
- a mystical syllable used in spells and magical texts
Descendants
- Bengali: হূ (hu)
- Pali: huṃ
- Punjabi: ਹੂ (hū)
References
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “हुम्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Monier Williams (1899) “हुम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1301, column 2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 817
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “huṁ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 817
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “hum”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.