उष्णीष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উষ্ণীষ (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬱ᭄ᬡᬷᬱ (Balinese script)
• উষ্ণীষ (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰬𑰿𑰜𑰱𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀱𑁆𑀡𑀻𑀱 (Brahmi script)
• ဥၑ္ဏီၑ (Burmese script)
• ઉષ્ણીષ (Gujarati script)
• ਉਸ਼੍ਣੀਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌷𑍍𑌣𑍀𑌷 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦰ꧀ꦟꦷꦰ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂭𑂹𑂝𑂲𑂭 (Kaithi script)
• ಉಷ್ಣೀಷ (Kannada script)
• ឧឞ្ណីឞ (Khmer script)
• ອຸຩ຺ຓີຩ (Lao script)
• ഉഷ്ണീഷ (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᢢᢏᡳᡳᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘲𑘬 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢔᢏᠢᠢᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑧌𑧠𑦼𑧓𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐲𑑂𑐞𑐷𑐲 (Newa script)
• ଉଷ୍ଣୀଷ (Odia script)
• ꢆꢰ꣄ꢠꢷꢰ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆰𑇀𑆟𑆵𑆰 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖬𑖿𑖜𑖱𑖬 (Siddham script)
• උෂ‍්ණීෂ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑪀 𑪙𑩪𑩑𑩛𑪀 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚶𑚘𑚯 (Takri script)
• உஷ்ணீஷ (Tamil script)
• ఉష్ణీష (Telugu script)
• อุษฺณีษ (Thai script)
• ཨུ་ཥྞཱི་ཥ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒭𑓂𑒝𑒲𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨯𑩇𑨘𑨁𑨊𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root उष् (uṣ, “to burn, consume”), and ultimately from *h₁ews- (“to burn”), cognate with Latin ussī? The line of logic would go that a head covering keeps the head warm. Would thus also be related to Sanskrit उष्ण (uṣṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /úʂ.ɳiː.ʂɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /uʂˈɳiː.ʂɐ/

Noun

उष्णीष • (uṣṇīṣa) stem, m or n

1. anything wound round the head; a turban; a fillet
2. a diadem; a crown
3. a kind of excrescence on the head of Buddha

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of उष्णीष (uṣṇīṣa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	उष्णीषः uṣṇīṣaḥ	उष्णीषौ / उष्णीषा¹ uṣṇīṣau / uṣṇīṣā¹	उष्णीषाः / उष्णीषासः¹ uṣṇīṣāḥ / uṣṇīṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative	उष्णीष uṣṇīṣa	उष्णीषौ / उष्णीषा¹ uṣṇīṣau / uṣṇīṣā¹	उष्णीषाः / उष्णीषासः¹ uṣṇīṣāḥ / uṣṇīṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	उष्णीषम् uṣṇīṣam	उष्णीषौ / उष्णीषा¹ uṣṇīṣau / uṣṇīṣā¹	उष्णीषान् uṣṇīṣān
Instrumental	उष्णीषेण uṣṇīṣeṇa	उष्णीषाभ्याम् uṣṇīṣābhyām	उष्णीषैः / उष्णीषेभिः¹ uṣṇīṣaiḥ / uṣṇīṣebhiḥ¹
Dative	उष्णीषाय uṣṇīṣāya	उष्णीषाभ्याम् uṣṇīṣābhyām	उष्णीषेभ्यः uṣṇīṣebhyaḥ
Ablative	उष्णीषात् uṣṇīṣāt	उष्णीषाभ्याम् uṣṇīṣābhyām	उष्णीषेभ्यः uṣṇīṣebhyaḥ
Genitive	उष्णीषस्य uṣṇīṣasya	उष्णीषयोः uṣṇīṣayoḥ	उष्णीषाणाम् uṣṇīṣāṇām
Locative	उष्णीषे uṣṇīṣe	उष्णीषयोः uṣṇīṣayoḥ	उष्णीषेषु uṣṇīṣeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of उष्णीष (uṣṇīṣa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	उष्णीषम् uṣṇīṣam	उष्णीषे uṣṇīṣe	उष्णीषाणि / उष्णीषा¹ uṣṇīṣāṇi / uṣṇīṣā¹
Vocative	उष्णीष uṣṇīṣa	उष्णीषे uṣṇīṣe	उष्णीषाणि / उष्णीषा¹ uṣṇīṣāṇi / uṣṇīṣā¹
Accusative	उष्णीषम् uṣṇīṣam	उष्णीषे uṣṇīṣe	उष्णीषाणि / उष्णीषा¹ uṣṇīṣāṇi / uṣṇīṣā¹
Instrumental	उष्णीषेण uṣṇīṣeṇa	उष्णीषाभ्याम् uṣṇīṣābhyām	उष्णीषैः / उष्णीषेभिः¹ uṣṇīṣaiḥ / uṣṇīṣebhiḥ¹
Dative	उष्णीषाय uṣṇīṣāya	उष्णीषाभ्याम् uṣṇīṣābhyām	उष्णीषेभ्यः uṣṇīṣebhyaḥ
Ablative	उष्णीषात् uṣṇīṣāt	उष्णीषाभ्याम् uṣṇīṣābhyām	उष्णीषेभ्यः uṣṇīṣebhyaḥ
Genitive	उष्णीषस्य uṣṇīṣasya	उष्णीषयोः uṣṇīṣayoḥ	उष्णीषाणाम् uṣṇīṣāṇām
Locative	उष्णीषे uṣṇīṣe	उष्णीषयोः uṣṇīṣayoḥ	उष्णीषेषु uṣṇīṣeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Hindi: उश्णीष (uśṇīṣ)
• English: ushnisha

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “उष्णीष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 220, column 2.