औषध

See also: औषधि and औषधी

Hindi

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Sanskrit ओष॑धि (óṣadhi)vṛd.

Sanskrit औ॒ष॒ध (auṣadhá)bor.

Hindi औषध

Borrowed from Sanskrit औ॒ष॒ध (auṣadhá), a vṛddhi derivative of ओष॑धि (óṣadhi).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɔː.ʂəd̪ʱ/, [ɔː.ʃɐd̪ʱ]

Noun

औषध • (auṣadh) f (Urdu spelling اوشدھ)

medicine, drug
Synonyms: औषधि (auṣdhi), दवा (davā), दवाई (davāī)
herb, medicinal substance

Declension

Declension of *औषध* (fem cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	औषध auṣadh	औषधें auṣadhẽ
oblique	औषध auṣadh	औषधों auṣadhõ
vocative	औषध auṣadh	औषधो auṣadho

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “औषध”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit औषध (auṣadha).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əu.ʂəd̪ʱ/

Noun

औषध • (auṣadh) n

medicine, drug
herb, medicinal substance

Declension

Declension of औषध (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	औषध auṣadh
direct plural	औषधे, औषधं auṣadhe, auṣdha
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	औषध auṣadh	औषधे, औषधं auṣadhe, auṣdha
oblique सामान्यरूप	औषधा auṣadhā	औषधां- auṣadhān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	औषधाला auṣadhālā	औषधांना auṣadhānnā
ergative	औषधाने, औषधानं auṣadhāne, auṣadhāna	औषधांनी auṣadhānnī
instrumental	औषधाशी auṣadhāśī	औषधांशी auṣadhānśī
locative सप्तमी	औषधात auṣadhāt	औषधांत auṣadhāt
vocative संबोधन	औषधा auṣadhā	औषधांनो auṣadhānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of औषध (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	औषधाचा auṣadhāċā	औषधाचे auṣadhāċe	औषधाची auṣadhācī	औषधाच्या auṣadhācā	औषधाचे, औषधाचं auṣadhāċe, auṣadhāċa	औषधाची auṣadhācī	औषधाच्या auṣadhācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	औषधांचा auṣadhānċā	औषधांचे auṣadhānċe	औषधांची auṣadhāñcī	औषधांच्या auṣadhāncā	औषधांचे, औषधांचं auṣadhānċe, auṣadhānċa	औषधांची auṣadhāñcī	औषधांच्या auṣadhāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

औषधालय (auṣdhālay, “dispensary”)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ঔষধ (Assamese script)
ᬒᬱᬥ (Balinese script)
ঔষধ (Bengali script)
𑰍𑰬𑰠 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀒𑀱𑀥 (Brahmi script)
ဪၑဓ (Burmese script)
ઔષધ (Gujarati script)
ਔਸ਼ਧ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌔𑌷𑌧 (Grantha script)
ꦎꦴꦰꦣ (Javanese script)
𑂌𑂭𑂡 (Kaithi script)
ಔಷಧ (Kannada script)
ឳឞធ (Khmer script)
ເອົາຩຘ (Lao script)
ഔഷധ (Malayalam script)
ᠣᠣᢢᠠᢡᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘍𑘬𑘠 (Modi script)
ᠣᠧᠸᠠᢔᠠᢑᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦭𑧌𑧀 (Nandinagari script)
𑐍𑐲𑐢 (Newa script)
ଔଷଧ (Odia script)
ꢑꢰꢤ (Saurashtra script)
𑆐𑆰𑆣 (Sharada script)
𑖍𑖬𑖠 (Siddham script)
ඖෂධ (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩘𑪀𑩮 (Soyombo script)
𑚉𑚜 (Takri script)
ஔஷத⁴ (Tamil script)
ఔషధ (Telugu script)
เอาษธ (Thai script)
ཨཽ་ཥ་དྷ (Tibetan script)
𑒎𑒭𑒡 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨈𑨯𑨜 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Sanskrit ओष॑धि (óṣadhi)vṛd.

Sanskrit औ॒ष॒ध

Vṛddhi derivative of ओष॑धि (óṣadhi).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑːw.ʂɐ.dʱɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑw.ʂɐ.d̪ʱɐ/

Noun

औ॒ष॒ध • (auṣadhá) stem, n

drug, medicine
herbs used in medicine, medicine in general
vessel for storing medicinal herbs

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of औ॒ष॒ध
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	औ॒ष॒धम् (auṣadhám)	औ॒ष॒धे (auṣadhé)	औ॒ष॒धानि॑ (auṣadhā́ni) औ॒ष॒धा¹ (auṣadhā́¹)
accusative	औ॒ष॒धम् (auṣadhám)	औ॒ष॒धे (auṣadhé)	औ॒ष॒धानि॑ (auṣadhā́ni) औ॒ष॒धा¹ (auṣadhā́¹)
instrumental	औ॒ष॒धेन॑ (auṣadhéna)	औ॒ष॒धाभ्या॑म् (auṣadhā́bhyām)	औ॒ष॒धैः (auṣadháiḥ) औ॒ष॒धेभिः॑¹ (auṣadhébhiḥ¹)
dative	औ॒ष॒धाय॑ (auṣadhā́ya)	औ॒ष॒धाभ्या॑म् (auṣadhā́bhyām)	औ॒ष॒धेभ्यः॑ (auṣadhébhyaḥ)
ablative	औ॒ष॒धात् (auṣadhā́t)	औ॒ष॒धाभ्या॑म् (auṣadhā́bhyām)	औ॒ष॒धेभ्यः॑ (auṣadhébhyaḥ)
genitive	औ॒ष॒धस्य॑ (auṣadhásya)	औ॒ष॒धयोः॑ (auṣadháyoḥ)	औ॒ष॒धाना॑म् (auṣadhā́nām)
locative	औ॒ष॒धे (auṣadhé)	औ॒ष॒धयोः॑ (auṣadháyoḥ)	औ॒ष॒धेषु॑ (auṣadhéṣu)
vocative	औष॑ध (áuṣadha)	औष॑धे (áuṣadhe)	औष॑धानि (áuṣadhāni) औष॑धा¹ (áuṣadhā¹)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀑𑀲𑀳 (osaha)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀑𑀲𑀠 (osaḍha)
Pali: osadha
- → Burmese: ဩသဓ (au:sa.dha.)
- → Khmer: ឱសថ (ʼaosɑt)
- → Lao: ໂອສົດ (ʼō sot)
- → Thai: โอสถ (oo-sòt)
→ Assamese: ঔষধ (ouxodh)
→ Bengali: ঔষধ (ōuśodh)
→ Gujarati: ઔષધ (auṣadh)
→ Hindi: औषध (auṣadh)
→ Kannada: ಔಷಧ (auṣadha)
→ Konkani: वकद (vakad), ओकद (okad)
→ Malayalam: ഔഷധം (auṣadhaṁ), അവിഴതം (aviḻataṁ), അവുഴതം (avuḻataṁ) (tadbhava)
→ Marathi: औषध (auṣadh)
→ Nepali: औषध (auṣadh)
→ Old Hindi: औखध (aukhadha)
- Hindi: औखध (aukhadh)
→ Old Javanese: oṣadha, uṣadha
- → Balinese: ᬉᬱᬥ (usada)
- Javanese: ꦲꦸꦱꦢ (usada)
  - → Indonesian: usada
→ Old Marathi: वखदि (vakhadi), ओखदि (okhadi)
→ Odia: ଔଷଧ (auṣadha)
→ Sinhalese: ඖෂධය (auṣadhaya)
→ Tamil: ஔடதம் (auṭatam), ஔஷதம் (auṣatam), அவ்ஷதம் (avṣatam), அவுஷதம் (avuṣatam), அவ்டதம் (avṭatam), அவுடதம் (avuṭatam)
→ Telugu: ఔషధము (auṣadhamu)
→ Urdu: اوشدھ