haoma

English

noun

Definitions

(Zoroastrianism) A plant and corresponding personified divinity, Haoma.

Etymology

Borrowed from Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀 derived from Proto-Iranian *háwHmah.

Origin

Proto-Iranian

*háwHmah

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Soma English
सोम Sanskrit
सोमनाथ Sanskrit
सोमवार Sanskrit
सोम Hindi
โสม Thai
*sáwmas Proto-Indo-Aryan
*háwHmah Proto-Iranian
𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀 Avestan
ހޯމަ Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian

Soma