हु

Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦu/

Root

हु • (hu)

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

Derived terms

• जुहोति (juhoti, “to sprinkle on”)
• जोहवीति (johavīti, “to offer oblations”)
• जोहूयते (johūyate)
• हूयते (hūyate, “to be offered”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1300/3.