havan

havan noun: a ritual, rooted in the Vedic religion, in which offerings of food etc. are burnt in order to bring good luck on a special occasion.

Noun

havan (plural havans)

A ritual, rooted in the Vedic religion, in which offerings of food etc. are burnt in order to bring good luck on a special occasion.

havan meaning in Bengali, Punjabi and Assamese

havan in Bengali

havan: হোম hōm

havan in Punjabi

havan: ਹਵਨ havan

havan in Assamese

havan: হোম hüm

Forms of havan

plural	havans

Origin of havan

Borrowed from Sanskrit हवन (havana).

Questions about havan

What does havan mean?: Havan means a ritual, rooted in the Vedic religion, in which offerings of food etc. are burnt in order to bring good luck on a special occasion.
What is havan in Bengali?: Havan in Bengali is হোম (hōm). See Havan meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is havan?: Havan is a noun.
What is the plural of havan?: The plural of havan is havans.

Words near havan in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: havan (page history and authors); হোম (Bengali) (page history and authors); ਹਵਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); হোম (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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