होत्र

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬳᭀᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
  • হোত্ৰ (Assamese script)
  • হোত্র (Bengali script)
  • 𑰮𑰺𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌹𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
  • હોત્ર (Gujarati script)
  • ਹੋਤੑਰ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦲꦺꦴꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
  • ហោត្រ (Khmer script)
  • ಹೋತ್ರ (Kannada script)
  • ໂຫຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
  • ഹോത്ര (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘮𑘻𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
  • ᠾᠣᠸᠠᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡥᠣᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ဟောတြ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧎𑧜𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐴𑑀𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
  • ହୋତ୍ର (Oriya script)
  • ꢲꣂꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆲𑆾𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖮𑖺𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
  • හෝත්ර (Sinhalese script)
  • హోత్ర (Telugu script)
  • โหตฺร (Thai script)
  • ཧོ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒯𑒼𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰawtrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáwtram, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”).

Pronunciation

Noun

होत्र • (hotrá) n

  1. sacrificing, the function or office of the होतृ
  2. a burnt-offering, oblation with fire, sacrifice
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