hoti

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • होति (Devanagari script)
  • হোতি (Bengali script)
  • හොති (Sinhalese script)
  • ဟောတိ (Burmese script)
  • โหติ (Thai script)
  • ᩉᩮᩣᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
  • ហោតិ (Khmer script)

Etymology

Reduction of bhavati (“to be”)

Verb

hoti (root hū, first conjugation)

  1. to be, to exist

Conjugation
Present forms of "hoti"
SingularPlural
1sthomihoma
2ndhosihotha
3rdhotihonti
Imperfect forms of "hoti"
SingularPlural
1stahuva or ahuvaṃ or ahuvā or ahuvāsiṃahuvamhā or ahuvāma
2ndahuvo or ahuvāahuvattha
3rdahuva or ahuvāahuvu or ahuvū
Imperative forms of "hoti"
SingularPlural
1sthomihoma
2ndhohihotha
3rdhotuhontu
Optative forms of "hoti"
SingularPlural
1stheyyāmi or heyyaṃheyyāma
2ndheyyāsiheyyātha
3rdheyyaheyyuṃ
  • Present participle: honta, which see for forms and usage
  • Aorist: ahosi, ahu

Derived terms
  • pahoti

Trivia

Some, e.g. the Pali Text Society dictionary, classify the imperfect given above as now being an aorist.

References

bhavati in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

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