উশাস

Bengali

Alternative forms

• উয়াস (uẏaś), উয়া (uẏa) — Vanga

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

• Accessible Dictionary, “উশাস” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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

   নপাৱে উশাস তেজ বহে নাকে মুখে ।
   নমৰিল 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)