উশাস

উশাস

Bengali

Alternative forms

• উয়াস (uyas), উয়া (uya) – Vaṅga

Etymology

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

Noun

উশাস • (uśas)

1. breath, inhalation

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “উশাস” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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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

   নপাৱে 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)