उशी

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀊𑀲𑀅 (ūsaa), from Sanskrit उच्छीर्षक (ucchīrṣaka), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ut-śīrṣa. Compare Konkani उशें (uśẽ), Gujarati ઓશીકું (ośīkũ), Hindi उसीसा (usīsā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.ɕi/, [u.ɕiː]

Noun

उशी (uśī) f

  1. pillow

Declension

Declension of उशी (uśī)
direct
singular
उशी
uśī
direct
plural
उश्या
uśyā
singular plural
nominative उशी
uśī
उश्या
uśyā
oblique उशी-
uśi-
उश्यां-
uśyāN-
dative उशीला
uśilā
उश्यांना
uśyāNnā
ergative उशीने
uśine
उश्यांनी
uśyāNni
instrumental उशीशी
uśiśi
उश्यांशी
uśyāNśi
locative उशीत
uśit
उश्यांत
uśyāNt
vocative उशी
uśi
उश्यांनो
uśyāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of उशी
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject उशीचा
uśiċā
उशीचे
uśice
उशीची
uśici
उशीच्या
uśica
उशीचे, उशीचं
uśice, uśiċa
उशीची
uśici
उशीच्या
uśica
plural subject उश्यांचा
uśyāNċā
उश्यांचे
uśyāNce
उश्यांची
uśyāNci
उश्यांच्या
uśyāNca
उश्यांचे, उश्यांचं
uśyāNce, uśyāNċa
उश्यांची
uśyāNci
उश्यांच्या
uśyāNca
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

See also

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “उशी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), उशी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), *ut--śīrṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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