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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- উষ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬉᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- উষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰄𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀉𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဥၑ် (Burmese script)
- ઉષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਉਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌉𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦈꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂇𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಉಷ್ (Kannada script)
- ឧឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ອຸຩ຺ (Lao script)
- ഉഷ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
- 𑘄𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦤𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐄𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଉଷ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢆꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆇𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖄𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- උෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩒𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚄𑚶 (Takri script)
- உஷ் (Tamil script)
- ఉష్ (Telugu script)
- อุษฺ (Thai script)
- ཨུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒅𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨃𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- (“to burn”). Cognate with Ancient Greek εὕω (heúō), Latin ūrō.
Root
उष् • (uṣ)
- to burn, burn down
- to punish, chastise
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- उष्ट (uṣṭá, Past Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- उषा (uṣā, “burning, scorching”)
- उष्ण (uṣṇá)
- ओष (oṣá)
Etymology 2
From the weak stem *h₂us-s- of Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs, see उषस् (uṣás).
Noun
उष् • (úṣ) stem, f (Vedic)
- archaic weak stem of उषस् (uṣás, “early morning, dawn”), occurring as gen.sg./acc.pl. उषस् (uṣás)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “उष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 220, column 1.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 13
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “OṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 281
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “uṣás-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 236
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “oṣ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 354
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “uṣás-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 532-3