उष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- (to burn). Cognate with Ancient Greek εὕω (heúō), Latin ūrō.

Alternative forms

  • ओष् (oṣ)

Root

उष् • (uṣ)

  1. to burn, burn down
  2. to punish, chastise
Derived terms
  • उवोष (uvoṣa)
  • उष्णत् (uṣṇat)
  • उष्यते (uṣyate)
  • ऊषुः (ūṣuḥ)
  • ओषति (oṣati)
  • ओषांचकार (oṣāṃcakāra)
  • ओषांचक्रे (oṣāṃcakre)
  • ओषिता (oṣitā)
  • ओषिष्यति (oṣiṣyati)
  • औषीत् (auṣīt)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ús, from *h₂ews- (dawn); see also उषस् (uṣas).

Noun

उष् • (úṣ) stem, f

  1. early morning, dawn
Declension

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References

  • Monier Williams (1899), उष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 220/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 13
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 235; 236; 281
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