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

• 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
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of उष् (úṣ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	उट् úṭ	उषौ / उषा¹ úṣau / úṣā¹	उषः úṣaḥ
Vocative	उट् úṭ	उषौ / उषा¹ úṣau / úṣā¹	उषः úṣaḥ
Accusative	उषम् úṣam	उषौ / उषा¹ úṣau / úṣā¹	उषः uṣáḥ
Instrumental	उषा uṣā́	उड्भ्याम् uḍbhyā́m	उड्भिः uḍbhíḥ
Dative	उषे uṣé	उड्भ्याम् uḍbhyā́m	उड्भ्यः uḍbhyáḥ
Ablative	उषः uṣáḥ	उड्भ्याम् uḍbhyā́m	उड्भ्यः uḍbhyáḥ
Genitive	उषः uṣáḥ	उषोः uṣóḥ	उषाम् uṣā́m
Locative	उषि uṣí	उषोः uṣóḥ	उट्सु uṭsú
Notes	¹Vedic

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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 235; 236; 281