Dictionaries › English

havan

The English word “havan” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. 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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हवन (havana).

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “havan” there

More English words

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.