होतृ

See also: होते, हेतु, हति, होती, होता, हृत, and हात

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 17 October 2017

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হোতৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬳᭀᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
• হোতৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰺𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• ဟောတၖ (Burmese script)
• હોતૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਹੋਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍋𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦺꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂷𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ಹೋತೃ (Kannada script)
• ហោត្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ໂຫຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• ഹോതൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠣᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘻𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠣᠸᠠᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧜𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑑀𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
• ହୋତୃ (Odia script)
• ꢲꣂꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆾𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖺𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
• හොතෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩕𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚴𑚙 (Takri script)
• ஹோத்ரி (Tamil script)
• హోతృ (Telugu script)
• โหตฺฤ (Thai script)
• ཧོ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒼𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨆𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

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.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ́w.tr̩/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦoː.t̪r̩/

Noun

होतृ • (hótṛ) stem, 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:

     अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म् ।
     होता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मम् ॥

     agnímīḷe puróhitaṃ yajñásya devámṛtvíjam.
     hótāraṃ ratnadhā́tamam.

     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.

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

Derived terms

• होत्रक (hotraka), होतृक (hotṛka)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬 (hottiya)

Descendants

• → English: hotr, hotar

References

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