ओषधि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬑᬱᬥᬶ (Balinese script)
  • ওষধি (Assamese script)
  • ওষধি (Bengali script)
  • 𑰌𑰬𑰠𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀑𑀱𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌓𑌷𑌧𑌿 (Grantha script)
  • ઓષધિ (Gujarati script)
  • ਓਸ਼ਧਿ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦎꦰꦣꦶ (Javanese script)
  • ឱឞធិ (Khmer script)
  • ಓಷಧಿ (Kannada script)
  • ໂອຩຘິ (Lao script)
  • ഓഷധി (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘌𑘬𑘠𑘱 (Modi script)
  • ᠣᠸᠠᢔᠠᢑᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠣᢢᠠᢡᡳ (Manchu script)
  • ဩၑဓိ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦬𑧌𑧀𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐌𑐲𑐢𑐶 (Newa script)
  • ଓଷଧି (Odia script)
  • ꢐꢰꢤꢶ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆏𑆰𑆣𑆴 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖌𑖬𑖠𑖰 (Siddham script)
  • ඔෂධි (Sinhalese script)
  • ஓஷதி⁴ (Tamil script)
  • ఓషధి (Telugu script)
  • โอษธิ (Thai script)
  • ཨོ་ཥ་དྷི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒍𑒭𑒡𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. The latter component, धि (dhi), is likely derived from the root धा (dhā, “to put, place”). The former component, ओष् (oṣ), has been subject to vigorous debate and multiple competing theories:

  • Related to अवस् (avas, “favor, protection”) and अवस (avasa, “refreshment, food, provisions”).
  • Derived from the root उष् (uṣ, “to burn”).
  • Related to Gothic 𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌹𐌶𐌰 (iusiza, “better”) or Lithuanian auštis (“to refresh, revive”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ओषधि • (óṣadhi) stem, f

  1. an herb, plant, especially a medicinal herb
  2. an annual plant or herb (which dies after becoming ripe)
  3. a remedy in general

Declension
Feminine i-stem declension of ओषधि (óṣadhi)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ओषधिः
óṣadhiḥ		 ओषधी
óṣadhī		 ओषधयः
óṣadhayaḥ
Vocative ओषधे
óṣadhe		 ओषधी
óṣadhī		 ओषधयः
óṣadhayaḥ
Accusative ओषधिम्
óṣadhim		 ओषधी
óṣadhī		 ओषधीः
óṣadhīḥ
Instrumental ओषध्या
óṣadhyā		 ओषधिभ्याम्
óṣadhibhyām		 ओषधिभिः
óṣadhibhiḥ
Dative ओषधये / ओषध्ये¹ / ओषध्यै²
óṣadhaye / óṣadhye¹ / óṣadhyai²		 ओषधिभ्याम्
óṣadhibhyām		 ओषधिभ्यः
óṣadhibhyaḥ
Ablative ओषधेः / ओषध्याः²
óṣadheḥ / óṣadhyāḥ²		 ओषधिभ्याम्
óṣadhibhyām		 ओषधिभ्यः
óṣadhibhyaḥ
Genitive ओषधेः / ओषध्याः²
óṣadheḥ / óṣadhyāḥ²		 ओषध्योः
óṣadhyoḥ		 ओषधीनाम्
óṣadhīnām
Locative ओषधौ / ओषध्याम्²
óṣadhau / óṣadhyām²		 ओषध्योः
óṣadhyoḥ		 ओषधिषु
óṣadhiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Less common
  • ²Later Sanskrit

Descendants
  • → Old Javanese: oṣadhi
    • → Balinese: ᬑᬱᬥᬶ (osadi)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899), “ओषधि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 236/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 282
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 133
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