होम

Pali

Alternative scripts

होम (homa)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰáwmas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáwmas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéw-mo-s, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Ancient Greek χεῦμᾰ (kheûma, “that which is poured”), χέω (khéō), Phrygian ζευμάν (zeumán). By surface analysis, हु (hu, “to offer, sacrifice”, root) +‎ -म (-ma) .

होम • (hóma) stem, m (root हु)

Masculine a-stem declension of होम (hóma)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	होमः hómaḥ	होमौ / होमा¹ hómau / hómā¹	होमाः / होमासः¹ hómāḥ / hómāsaḥ¹
Vocative	होम hóma	होमौ / होमा¹ hómau / hómā¹	होमाः / होमासः¹ hómāḥ / hómāsaḥ¹
Accusative	होमम् hómam	होमौ / होमा¹ hómau / hómā¹	होमान् hómān
Instrumental	होमेन hómena	होमाभ्याम् hómābhyām	होमैः / होमेभिः¹ hómaiḥ / hómebhiḥ¹
Dative	होमाय hómāya	होमाभ्याम् hómābhyām	होमेभ्यः hómebhyaḥ
Ablative	होमात् hómāt	होमाभ्याम् hómābhyām	होमेभ्यः hómebhyaḥ
Genitive	होमस्य hómasya	होमयोः hómayoḥ	होमानाम् hómānām
Locative	होमे hóme	होमयोः hómayoḥ	होमेषु hómeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Monier Williams (1899) “होम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1306, column 1.