𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *háwHmah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáwHmas, from Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁- (“to press out, extract”). Cognate with Sanskrit सोम (sóma).

Noun

𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀 • (haoma) m

  1. the haoma drink

References

  • Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) “Haoma”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary‎[1], Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 243
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