होत्र

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হোত্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬳᭀᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• হোত্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰺𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ဟောတြ (Burmese script)
• હોત્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਹੋਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦺꦴꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂷𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಹೋತ್ರ (Kannada script)
• ហោត្រ (Khmer script)
• ໂຫຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• ഹോത്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠣᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘻𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠣᠸᠠᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧜𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑑀𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ହୋତ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢲꣂꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆾𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖺𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• හොත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩕𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚴𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஹோத்ர (Tamil script)
• హోత్ర (Telugu script)
• โหตฺร (Thai script)
• ཧོ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒼𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨆𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐwt.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɦoːt̪.ɾɐ/

Noun

होत्र • (hotrá) stem, n

1. sacrificing, the function or office of the होतृ
2. a burnt-offering, oblation with fire, sacrifice