होतृ

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 17 October 2017

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵʰáwtā (“pourer”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéwtōr, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬀𐬭‎ (zaotar).

Pronunciation

Noun

होतृ • (hótṛ) m

  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
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.1
      ॐ अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवमृत्विजम् ।
      होतारं रत्नधातमम् ॥
      oṃ agnimīḷe purohitaṃ yajñasya devamṛtvijam .
      hotāraṃ ratnadhātamam .
      I Laud Agni, the chosen Priest, God, minister of sacrifice,
      The hotar, lavishest of wealth.

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
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1306/1
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