उष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

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
Primary verbal forms
  • ओष॑ति (óṣati, present)
  • उ॒ष्णाति॑ (uṣṇā́ti, present)
  • ओ॒षि॒ष्यति॑ (oṣiṣyáti, future)
  • ओ॒षि॒ता (oṣitā́, periphrastic future)
  • औषी॑त् (áuṣīt, aorist)
  • उ॒वोष॑ (uvóṣa, perfect)
  • ओ॒षांच॒कार॑ (oṣā́ṃcakā́ra, periphrastic perfect)
Secondary forms
  • उ॒ष्यते॑ (uṣyáte, passive)
  • ओ॒षय॑ति (oṣáyati, causative)
Non-finite forms
Derived nominal forms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root उष् (0 c, 4 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root उष् (5 c, 0 e)

Etymology 2

From the weak stem *h₂us-s- of Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs, see उषस् (uṣás).

Noun

उष् • (úṣ) stemf (Vedic)

  1. archaic weak stem of उषस् (uṣás, early morning, dawn), occurring as gen.sg./acc.pl. उषस् (uṣás)

References

  • 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