উশাহ

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese উশাস (uśaso), from Sanskrit *উৎশ্ৱাস (utśvāsa), from Sanskrit শ্বাস (śvāsá), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷes- (to pant, puff, sigh). Cognate with Sylheti ꠃꠀ (ua), Odia ଉସାସ (usasô, relief from disease, ease), Marathi उसासा (usāsā, sigh, suspiration), Hindi उसांस (usāns), उसाँस (usā̃s).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.xaʱ/

Noun

উশাহ • (uxah)

  1. inhalation, aspiration, inbreath
    Antonym: নিশাহ (nixah)
    আৰু ওপৰলৈ গ’লে উশাহ লোৱা টান হৈ যাব
    aru üporoloi gole uxah lüa tan hoi zabo.
    If (we/..) go further up, it will be hard to take breathes.

Declension

(uncountable):

Derived terms

  • উশাহ বন্ধ কৰা (uxah bondho kora)
  • উশাহ লোৱা (uxah lüa)
  • উশাহ সলোৱা (uxah xolüa)
  • উশাহ-নিশাহ (uxah-nixah)
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