होतृ

See also: होते, हेतु, हति, होती, होता, हृत, and हात

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 17 October 2017

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • হোতৃ (Assamese script)
  • ᬳᭀᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
  • হোতৃ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰮𑰺𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
  • ဟောတၖ (Burmese script)
  • હોતૃ (Gujarati script)
  • ਹੋਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌹𑍋𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
  • ꦲꦺꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂯𑂷𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
  • ಹೋತೃ (Kannada script)
  • ហោត្ឫ (Khmer script)
  • ໂຫຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
  • ഹോതൃ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡥᠣᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘮𑘻𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
  • ᠾᠣᠸᠠᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧎𑧜𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐴𑑀𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
  • ହୋତୃ (Odia script)
  • ꢲꣂꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆲𑆾𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖮𑖺𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
  • හොතෘ (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑪂𑩕𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚩𑚴𑚙 (Takri script)
  • ஹோத்ரி (Tamil script)
  • హోతృ (Telugu script)
  • โหตฺฤ (Thai script)
  • ཧོ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒯𑒼𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨱𑨆𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáwtā (“priest”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéw-tōr (“pourer”), from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬀𐬭 (zaotar) and possibly English god.

Pronunciation

Noun

होतृ • (hótṛ) stem, m

  1. an offerer of an oblation or yajna, sacrificer, priest, especially a priest who at a sacrifice invokes the gods or recites the Rigveda, a Rigveda priest; hotr
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.1:
      अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म् ।
      होता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मम् ॥
      agnímīḷe puróhitaṃ yajñásya devámṛtvíjam.
      hótāraṃ ratnadhā́tamam.
      I glorify Agni, the high priest of the sacrifice, the divine, the ministrant, who presents the oblation to the gods, and is the possessor of great wealth.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of होतृ
singular dual plural
nominative होता (hótā) होतारौ (hótārau)
होतारा¹ (hótārā¹) 		होतारः (hótāraḥ)
accusative होतारम् (hótāram) होतारौ (hótārau)
होतारा¹ (hótārā¹) 		होतॄन् (hótṝn)
instrumental होत्रा (hótrā) होतृभ्याम् (hótṛbhyām) होतृभिः (hótṛbhiḥ)
dative होत्रे (hótre) होतृभ्याम् (hótṛbhyām) होतृभ्यः (hótṛbhyaḥ)
ablative होतुः (hótuḥ) होतृभ्याम् (hótṛbhyām) होतृभ्यः (hótṛbhyaḥ)
genitive होतुः (hótuḥ) होत्रोः (hótroḥ) होतॄणाम् (hótṝṇām)
locative होतरि (hótari) होत्रोः (hótroḥ) होतृषु (hótṛṣu)
vocative होतः (hótaḥ) होतारौ (hótārau)
होतारा¹ (hótārā¹) 		होतारः (hótāraḥ)
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

  • होत्रक (hotraka), होतृक (hotṛka)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬 (hottiya)

Descendants

References

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