उसीसा

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit उच्छीर्षक (ucchīrṣaka), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ut-śīrṣa. Compare Marathi उशी (uśī), Gujarati ઓશીકું (ośīkũ).

Noun

उसीसा • (usīsā) m (Urdu spelling اُسِیسَا)

1. (rare) pillow

   Synonym: तकिया (takiyā)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “उसीसा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “उसीसा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “उसीसा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ut--śīrṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press