The words brāhmaṇa and uṣṇika are anomalous when they are a Name.,
Thus ब्राह्मणको देशः, उष्णिका यवागूः ॥ The affix कन् is added to ब्राह्मण, with the force of 'a place where Brahmanas who live by profession of arms dwell'. Similarly उष्णिक means अल्पान्नाः ॥,