উশাস

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit उच्छ्वास (ucchvāsa). Cognate with Hindi उसाँस (usā̃s), Assamese উশাহ (uxah). Doublet of উচ্ছ্বাস (uccchaś), a tatsama.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /uʃaʃ/, [ˈuʃaʃ]

Noun

উশাস • (uśaś)

  1. breath, inhalation
    Synonyms: প্রশ্বাস (prośśaś), শ্বসন (śośon), শ্বাস (śaś)

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative উশাস (uśaś)
objective উশাস / উশাসকে (uśaś (semantically general or indefinite) / uśaśke (semantically definite))
genitive উশাসের (uśaśer)
locative উশাসে (uśaśe)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative উশাসটা , উশাসটি (uśaśṭa (colloquial), uśaśṭi (formal)) উশাসগুলা, উশাসগুলো (uśaśgula (colloquial), uśaśgulo (formal))
objective উশাসটা, উশাসটি (uśaśṭa (colloquial), uśaśṭi (formal)) উশাসগুলা, উশাসগুলো (uśaśgula (colloquial), uśaśgulo (formal))
genitive উশাসটার, উশাসটির (uśaśṭar (colloquial), uśaśṭir (formal)) উশাসগুলার, উশাসগুলোর (uśaśgular (colloquial), uśaśgulor (formal))
locative উশাসটাতে / উশাসটায়, উশাসটিতে (uśaśṭate / uśaśṭay (colloquial), uśaśṭite (formal)) উশাসগুলাতে / উশাসগুলায়, উশাসগুলোতে (uśaśgulate / uśaśgulay (colloquial), uśaśgulote (formal))
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

  • উশাস”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-Bengali], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.

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
    পাৱে 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)