As a Hindi name
उशीर · noun · masculine
खस । गाँडर या कतरे की जड़ — Śabdasāgara
उशीर · uśīr · s.f.
= اسير usīr, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 58
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the fragrant root of the plant Andropogon Muricatus, &c.
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the masculine and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
uśīra m. n. (Uṇ. iv, 31), the fragrant root of the plant Andropogon Muricatus, Suśr.; Śak.; Hcat. &c.
uśīra mn. (-raḥ-raṃ) The root of a fragrant grass, (Andropogon muricatum). f. (-rī) A sort of grass, a small sort of Saccharum. E. vaśa to desire, īran Uṇādi affix; also with kan added uśīraka.
Alternative readings
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