[उष्यते उष्णाहारेण, उष्-कर्मणि थन् Uṇ.2.4.]
A lip (lower or upper); द्वावोष्ठौ छेदयेन्नृपः Ms.8.282; अधरdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, बिम्बdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied.
Derived forms and compounds
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-ष्ठी A creeper bearing a red fruit to which the lip is commonly compared (बिम्बफल; Marâthî तोण्डली). (In comp. the अ or आ of words before ओष्ठ may be optionally dropped, and the Feminine may end in आ or ई as बिम्बो (म्बौ) ष्ठा-ष्ठी. Vārt. ओत्वोष्ठयोः समासे वा Sk. on ParasmaipadaVI.1.94. Compare Latin ostium.
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-अधरौ, -रम् the upper and lower lip.
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-अवलोप्य Adjective Which could be eaten with lips; मांसान्योष्ठावलोप्यानि साधनीयानि, देवताः । अश्नन्ति... ॥ Bk.5. 14.
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-उपमफला, -भा -फला the creeper Bryonia Grandis (whose fruit resembles a lip. Marâthî तोंडली).
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-कोपः, -प्रकोपः a disease of the lips.
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-ज Adjective labial (produced by the lips).
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-जाहम् the root of the lip.
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-पल्लवः, -वम् a sprout-like or tender lip.
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-पाकः The cracking of lips due to cold etc.
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-पुटम् the cavity made by opening the lips.
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-पुष्पः -पुष्पम् the tree वन्धुक (Marâthî दुपारी).
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-रोगः any disease of the lips.
