होतृ
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 English god.
Noun
होतृ • (hótṛ) stem, m
- 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. 1700 BCE – 1200 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.
- agnímīḷe puróhitaṃ yajñásya devámṛtvíjam.
- अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म् ।
Declension
| Masculine ṛ-stem declension of होतृ (hótṛ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | होता hótā |
होतारौ / होतारा¹ hótārau / hótārā¹ |
होतारः hótāraḥ |
| Vocative | होतः hótaḥ |
होतारौ / होतारा¹ hótārau / hótārā¹ |
होतारः hótāraḥ |
| Accusative | होतारम् hótāram |
होतारौ / होतारा¹ hótārau / 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 |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
- होत्रक (hotraka), होतृक (hotṛka)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬 (hottiya)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “होतृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1306/1.
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