"होतृ" meaning in Sanskrit

See होतृ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɦɐ́w.tr̩/ [Vedic], /ɦoː.t̪r̩/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*ȷ́ʰáwtā||priest}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáwtā (“priest”), {{inh|sa|ine-pro||*ǵʰéw-tōr|pourer}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéw-tōr (“pourer”), {{cog|ae|𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬀𐬭}} Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬀𐬭 (zaotar), {{cog|en|god}} English god Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m|tr=hótṛ}} होतृ • (hótṛ) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m|hótṛ|r_stem_a=ā}} Forms: hótṛ [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], होता [nominative, singular], होतारौ [dual, nominative], होतारा1 [dual, nominative], होतारः [nominative, plural], होतः [singular, vocative], होतारौ [dual, vocative], होतारा1 [dual, vocative], होतारः [plural, vocative], होतारम् [accusative, singular], होतारौ [accusative, dual], होतारा1 [accusative, dual], होतॄन् [accusative, plural], होत्रा [instrumental, singular], होतृभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], होतृभिः [instrumental, plural], होत्रे [dative, singular], होतृभ्याम् [dative, dual], होतृभ्यः [dative, plural], होतुः [ablative, singular], होतृभ्याम् [ablative, dual], होतृभ्यः [ablative, plural], होतुः [genitive, singular], होत्रोः [dual, genitive], होतॄणाम् [genitive, plural], होतरि [locative, singular], होत्रोः [dual, locative], होतृषु [locative, plural]
  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 Derived forms (होत्रक (hotraka), होतृक (hotṛka)): 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬 (hottiya) [Maharastri-Prakrit]
    Sense id: en-होतृ-sa-noun-aCxXJ0Wg Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "hotr",
            "3": "hotar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: hotr, hotar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: hotr, hotar"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*ȷ́ʰáwtā",
        "4": "",
        "5": "priest"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáwtā (“priest”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*ǵʰéw-tōr",
        "5": "pourer"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéw-tōr (“pourer”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬀𐬭"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬀𐬭 (zaotar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "god"
      },
      "expansion": "English god",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hótṛ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होता",
      "roman": "hótā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारौ",
      "roman": "hótārau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारा1",
      "roman": "hótārā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारः",
      "roman": "hótāraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतः",
      "roman": "hótaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारौ",
      "roman": "hótārau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारा1",
      "roman": "hótārā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारः",
      "roman": "hótāraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारम्",
      "roman": "hótāram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारौ",
      "roman": "hótārau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारा1",
      "roman": "hótārā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतॄन्",
      "roman": "hótṝn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होत्रा",
      "roman": "hótrā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतृभ्याम्",
      "roman": "hótṛbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतृभिः",
      "roman": "hótṛbhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होत्रे",
      "roman": "hótre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतृभ्याम्",
      "roman": "hótṛbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतृभ्यः",
      "roman": "hótṛbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतुः",
      "roman": "hótuḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतृभ्याम्",
      "roman": "hótṛbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतृभ्यः",
      "roman": "hótṛbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतुः",
      "roman": "hótuḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होत्रोः",
      "roman": "hótroḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतॄणाम्",
      "roman": "hótṝṇām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतरि",
      "roman": "hótari",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होत्रोः",
      "roman": "hótroḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतृषु",
      "roman": "hótṛṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "hótṛ"
      },
      "expansion": "होतृ • (hótṛ) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hótṛ",
        "r_stem_a": "ā"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "hottiya",
          "sense": "होत्रक (hotraka), होतृक (hotṛka)",
          "tags": [
            "Maharastri-Prakrit"
          ],
          "word": "𑀳𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.1",
          "roman": "hótāraṃ ratnadhā́tamam.",
          "text": "अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म् ।\nहोता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मम् ॥\nagnímīḷe puróhitaṃ yajñásya devámṛtvíjam."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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"
      ],
      "id": "en-होतृ-sa-noun-aCxXJ0Wg",
      "links": [
        [
          "offerer",
          "offerer"
        ],
        [
          "oblation",
          "oblation"
        ],
        [
          "yajna",
          "yajna"
        ],
        [
          "sacrificer",
          "sacrificer"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "Rigveda",
          "Rigveda"
        ],
        [
          "hotr",
          "hotr"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦɐ́w.tr̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦoː.t̪r̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "होतृ"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "hottiya",
      "sense": "होत्रक (hotraka), होतृक (hotṛka)",
      "tags": [
        "Maharastri-Prakrit"
      ],
      "word": "𑀳𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "hotr",
            "3": "hotar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: hotr, hotar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: hotr, hotar"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*ȷ́ʰáwtā",
        "4": "",
        "5": "priest"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáwtā (“priest”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*ǵʰéw-tōr",
        "5": "pourer"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéw-tōr (“pourer”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬀𐬭"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬀𐬭 (zaotar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "god"
      },
      "expansion": "English god",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hótṛ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होता",
      "roman": "hótā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारौ",
      "roman": "hótārau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारा1",
      "roman": "hótārā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारः",
      "roman": "hótāraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतः",
      "roman": "hótaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारौ",
      "roman": "hótārau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारा1",
      "roman": "hótārā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारः",
      "roman": "hótāraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारम्",
      "roman": "hótāram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारौ",
      "roman": "hótārau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतारा1",
      "roman": "hótārā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतॄन्",
      "roman": "hótṝn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होत्रा",
      "roman": "hótrā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतृभ्याम्",
      "roman": "hótṛbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतृभिः",
      "roman": "hótṛbhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होत्रे",
      "roman": "hótre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतृभ्याम्",
      "roman": "hótṛbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतृभ्यः",
      "roman": "hótṛbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतुः",
      "roman": "hótuḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतृभ्याम्",
      "roman": "hótṛbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतृभ्यः",
      "roman": "hótṛbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतुः",
      "roman": "hótuḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होत्रोः",
      "roman": "hótroḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतॄणाम्",
      "roman": "hótṝṇām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतरि",
      "roman": "hótari",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होत्रोः",
      "roman": "hótroḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "होतृषु",
      "roman": "hótṛṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "hótṛ"
      },
      "expansion": "होतृ • (hótṛ) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hótṛ",
        "r_stem_a": "ā"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
        "Sanskrit lemmas",
        "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Sanskrit masculine nouns",
        "Sanskrit nouns",
        "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations",
        "Sanskrit ṛ-stem nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.1",
          "roman": "hótāraṃ ratnadhā́tamam.",
          "text": "अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म् ।\nहोता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मम् ॥\nagnímīḷe puróhitaṃ yajñásya devámṛtvíjam."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "offerer",
          "offerer"
        ],
        [
          "oblation",
          "oblation"
        ],
        [
          "yajna",
          "yajna"
        ],
        [
          "sacrificer",
          "sacrificer"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "Rigveda",
          "Rigveda"
        ],
        [
          "hotr",
          "hotr"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦɐ́w.tr̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦoː.t̪r̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "होतृ"
}

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