Where does “हवन कुंड” come from?
हवन कुंड (Hindi) comes from Hindi हवन, from Sanskrit हवन, from Sanskrit ह, from Sanskrit हन्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰʰan-.
हवन कुंड (Hindi): sacrificial pit
Definitions
- sacrificial pit
Ancestry of “हवन कुंड”, step by step
हवन कुंड traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi हवन
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | हवन | any ritual in which making offerings into a... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | हवन | the act of offering an oblation with fire, sacrifice |
| 3 | Sanskrit | ह | emphasizes the preceding word; surely, of course, certainly |
| 4 | Sanskrit | हन् | killing, striking, slaying; to strike, beat; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ǰʰan- | — |