हु

Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦu/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɦu/

Root

हु • (hu)

to sprinkle on
to sacrifice
to offer an oblation

Derived terms

जुहोति (juhoti, “to sprinkle on”)
जोहवीति (johavīti, “to offer oblations”)
जोहूयते (johūyate)
हूयते (hūyate, “to be offered”)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “हु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1300/3.

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