उष्

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /úʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /uʂ/

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

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root उष् (0 c, 3 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root उष् (5 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• ओषति (óṣati, Present)
• उष्णाति (uṣṇā́ti, Present)
• ओषिष्यति (oṣiṣyáti, Future)
• ओषिता (oṣitā́, Periphrastic Future)
• औषीत् (áuṣīt, Aorist)
• उवोष (uvóṣa, Perfect)
• ओषांचकार (oṣā́ṃcakā́ra, Periphrastic Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• उष्यते (uṣyáte, Passive)
• ओषयति (oṣáyati, Causative)

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)

1. archaic weak stem of उषस् (uṣás, “early morning, dawn”), occurring as gen.sg./acc.pl. उषस् (uṣás)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

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]‎^[1] (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]‎^[2] (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