होति

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• hoti (Latin script)
• 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• হোতি (Bengali script)
• හොති (Sinhalese script)
• ဟောတိ or ႁေႃတိ (Burmese script)
• โหติ (Thai script)
• ᩉᩮᩣᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂຫຕິ (Lao script)
• ហោតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄦𑄮𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Verb

होति (root hū, first conjugation)

1. Devanagari script form of hoti
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1] (overall work in Pali), page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     ते च खो अक्खरापि अकारादयो एकचत्तालीसं सुत्तन्तेसु सोपकारा होन्ति, तं यथा :-

     Te ca kho akkharāpi akārādayo ekacattālīsaṃ suttantesu sopakārā honti, taṃ yathā :-

     And indeed as to the letters , there are forty one employed in the discourses; starting with 'a', they are:

Conjugation

Conjugation of "होति"

	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	होमि (homi)	होम (homa)
2nd	होसि (hosi)	होथ (hotha)
3rd	होति (hoti)	होन्ति (honti)
Imperfect
1st	अहुव (ahuva) or अहुवं (ahuvaṃ) or अहुवा (ahuvā) or अहुवासिं (ahuvāsiṃ)	अहुवम्हा (ahuvamhā) or अहुवाम (ahuvāma)
2nd	अहुवो (ahuvo) or अहुवा (ahuvā)	अहुवत्थ (ahuvattha)
3rd	अहुव (ahuva) or अहुवा (ahuvā)	अहुवु (ahuvu) or अहुवू (ahuvū)
Imperative
1st	होमि (homi)	होम (homa)
2nd	होहि (hohi)	होथ (hotha)
3rd	होतु (hotu)	होन्तु (hontu)
Optative
1st	हेय्यामि (heyyāmi) or हेय्यं (heyyaṃ)	हेय्याम (heyyāma)
2nd	हेय्यासि (heyyāsi)	हेय्याथ (heyyātha)
3rd	हेय्य (heyya)	हेय्युं (heyyuṃ)
Aorist
1st	अहोसिं (ahosiṃ) or अहुं (ahuṃ)	अहुम्हा (ahumhā) or अहुम्ह (ahumha) or अहेसुम्ह (ahesumha) or अहेसुम्हा (ahesumhā) or अहोसिम्हा (ahosimhā) or अहोसिम्ह (ahosimha)
2nd	अहोसि (ahosi) or अहु (ahu)	अहोसित्थ (ahosittha)
3rd	अहोसि (ahosi) or अहु (ahu) or अहू (ahū)	अहेसुं (ahesuṃ)
Future
1st	हेमि (hemi) or हेहामि (hehāmi) or होहामि (hohāmi) or हेस्सामि (hessāmi) or हेहिस्सामि (hehissāmi) or होहिस्सामि (hohissāmi)	हेम (hema) or हेहाम (hehāma) or होहाम (hohāma) or हेस्साम (hessāma) or हेहिस्साम (hehissāma) or होहिस्साम (hohissāma)
2nd	हेसि (hesi) or हेहिसि (hehisi) or होहिसि (hohisi) or हेस्ससि (hessasi) or हेहिस्ससि (hehissasi) or होहिस्ससि (hohissasi)	हेथ (hetha) or हेहिथ (hehitha) or होहिथ (hohitha) or हेस्सथ (hessatha) or हेहिस्सथ (hehissatha) or होहिस्सथ (hohissatha)
3rd	हेति (heti) or हेहिति (hehiti) or होहिति (hohiti) or हेस्सति (hessati) or हेहिस्सति (hehissati) or होहिस्सति (hohissati)	हेन्ति (henti) or हेहिन्ति (hehinti) or होहिन्ति (hohinti) or हेस्सन्ति (hessanti) or हेहिस्सन्ति (hehissanti) or होहिस्सन्ति (hohissanti)

• Present active participle: होन्त (honta), which see for forms and usage
• Future active participle: हेस्सन्त् (hessant) or हेहिस्सन्त् (hehissant) or होहिस्सन्त् (hohissant), which see for forms and usage