উশাস

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Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit उच्छ्वास (ucchvāsa). Cognate with Hindi उसाँस (usā̃s), Assamese উশাহ (uxah). Doublet of উচ্ছ্বাস (uccchaś), a tatsama.

Noun

উশাস (uśaś)

  1. breath, inhalation

References

Early Assamese

Etymology

From Sanskrit *উৎশ্ৱাস (utśvāsa), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷes- (to pant, puff, sigh). Related to Latin queror, Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsá). Cognate with English quarrel, Pashto ساه (sāh, breath, blow, puff, soul, spirit, essence), Baluchi ساہ (sáh, breath, blow, essence).

Noun

উশাস (uśaso)

  1. breathe, inhalation, aspiration, inbreathe
    পাৱে উশাস তেজ বহে নাকে মুখে
    মৰিল কথমপি জীল বৰ দুখে
    nopawe uśaso tejo bohe nake mukhe ,
    nomorilo kothomopi jīlo boro dukhe .
    Blood flows on the face and nose because it could not breathe,
    although it did not die somehow, it lived the rest of its life in pain.

Descendants

  • Assamese: উশাহ (uxah)