উচ্ছ্বাস

Assamese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उच्छ्वास (ucchvāsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /us.ssax/

Noun

উচ্ছ্বাস • (usssax)

1. outburst
2. a chapter

References

• “উচ্ছ্বাস”, in Candrakānta abhidhāna: Asamīyā śabdara butpatti āru udāharaṇere Asamīyā-Ingrājī dui bhashara artha thakā abhidhāna [Comprehensive dictionary of the Assamese language with etymology and illustrations of words with their meanings in Assamese and English], 2^nd edition, Guwahati: Gauhati University, 1962, →OCLC.

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उच्छ्वास (ucchvāsa).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ut͡ʃːt͡ʃʰaʃ/, [ˈut͡ʃːt͡ʃʰaʃ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /utɕːtɕʰaʃ/, [ˈutɕːtɕʰaʃ]
• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /ut̪st̪sːaʃ/, [ˈut̪st̪sːaʃ], [ˈusːsaʃ]

Noun

উচ্ছ্বাস • (uccchaś)

1. manifestation
2. swelling
3. breathing
4. breath
5. chapter of a book

Inflection

Inflection of উচ্ছ্বাস
nominative	উচ্ছ্বাস ucchaś
objective	উচ্ছ্বাস / উচ্ছ্বাসকে ucchaś (semantically general or indefinite) / ucchaśke (semantically definite)
genitive	উচ্ছ্বাসের ucchaśer
locative	উচ্ছ্বাসে ucchaśe
	Indefinite forms
nominative	উচ্ছ্বাস ucchaś
objective	উচ্ছ্বাস / উচ্ছ্বাসকে ucchaś (semantically general or indefinite) / ucchaśke (semantically definite)
genitive	উচ্ছ্বাসের ucchaśer
locative	উচ্ছ্বাসে ucchaśe
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	উচ্ছ্বাসটা , উচ্ছ্বাসটি ucchaśṭa (colloquial), ucchaśṭi (formal)		উচ্ছ্বাসগুলা, উচ্ছ্বাসগুলো ucchaśgula (colloquial), ucchaśgulo (formal)
objective	উচ্ছ্বাসটা, উচ্ছ্বাসটি ucchaśṭa (colloquial), ucchaśṭi (formal)		উচ্ছ্বাসগুলা, উচ্ছ্বাসগুলো ucchaśgula (colloquial), ucchaśgulo (formal)
genitive	উচ্ছ্বাসটার, উচ্ছ্বাসটির ucchaśṭar (colloquial), ucchaśṭir (formal)		উচ্ছ্বাসগুলার, উচ্ছ্বাসগুলোর ucchaśgular (colloquial), ucchaśgulor (formal)
locative	উচ্ছ্বাসটাতে / উচ্ছ্বাসটায়, উচ্ছ্বাসটিতে ucchaśṭate / ucchaśṭay (colloquial), ucchaśṭite (formal)		উচ্ছ্বাসগুলাতে / উচ্ছ্বাসগুলায়, উচ্ছ্বাসগুলোতে ucchaśgulate / ucchaśgulay (colloquial), ucchaśgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• উচ্ছ্বাসিত (uccchaśito)

 

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “উচ্ছ্বাস”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]