जुहू

See also: जहाँ and जी हाँ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

जिह्वा (jihvā́)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́uźʰúHs, possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH (whence जिह्वा (jihvā́)), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑu.ɦúː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑu.ɦuː/

Noun

जुहू • (juhū́) f

tongue (especially of Agni; 7 are named), flame
- RV 1.58.4b
  वि वातजूतो अतसेषु तिष्ठते वर्था जुहूभिः सर्ण्या तुविष्वणिः |
  
  तर्षु यदग्ने वनिनो वर्षायसे कर्ष्णं त एम रुशदूर्मे अजर ||
  vi vātajūto ataseṣu tiṣṭhate vṛthā juhūbhiḥ sṛṇyā tuviṣvaṇiḥ |
  
  tṛṣu yadaghne vanino vṛṣāyase kṛṣṇaṃ ta ema ruśadūrme ajara ||
  Urged by the wind be spreads through dry wood as he lists, armed with his tongues for sickles, with a mighty roar.
  
  Black is thy path, Agni, changeless, with glittering waves! when like a bull thou rushest eager to the trees.
personified as wife of Brahmā and goddess of speech (author of RV. X, 109)
a curved wooden ladle (for pouring sacrificial butter into fire)
- RV 10.21.3b
  तवे धर्माण आसते जुहूभिः सिञ्चतीरिव |
  
  कर्ष्णारूपाण्यर्जुना वि वो मदे विश्वा अधि शरियो धिषेविवक्षसे ||
  tve dharmāṇa āsate juhūbhiḥ siñcatīriva |
  
  kṛṣṇārūpāṇyarjunā vi vo made viśvā adhi śriyo dhiṣevivakṣase ||
  The holy statutes rest by thee, as ’twere with ladles that o’erflow.
  
  Black and white-gleaming colours,-at your glad carouse-all glories thou assurnest. Thou art waxing great.
that part of the frame enshrining the universal spirit which faces the east

Declension

Feminine ū-stem declension of जुहू (juhū́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जुहूः juhū́ḥ	जुह्वौ / जुहू¹ juhvaù / juhū́¹	जुह्वः / जुहूः¹ juhvàḥ / juhū́ḥ¹
Vocative	जुहु júhu	जुह्वौ / जुहू¹ júhvau / juhū́¹	जुह्वः / जुहूः¹ júhvaḥ / júhūḥ¹
Accusative	जुहूम् juhū́m	जुह्वौ / जुहू¹ juhvaù / juhū́¹	जुहूः juhū́ḥ
Instrumental	जुह्वा juhvā̀	जुहूभ्याम् juhū́bhyām	जुहूभिः juhū́bhiḥ
Dative	जुह्वै juhvaì	जुहूभ्याम् juhū́bhyām	जुहूभ्यः juhū́bhyaḥ
Ablative	जुह्वाः juhvā̀ḥ	जुहूभ्याम् juhū́bhyām	जुहूभ्यः juhū́bhyaḥ
Genitive	जुह्वाः juhvā̀ḥ	जुह्वोः juhvòḥ	जुहूनाम् juhū́nām
Locative	जुह्वाम् juhvā̀m	जुह्वोः juhvòḥ	जुहूषु juhū́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899), “जुहू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0424.

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