آلس

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀮𑀲𑁆𑀲 (ālassa), from Sanskrit आलस्य (ā́lasya). Cognate with Assamese এলাহ (elah) and Marathi आळस (āḷas).

Pronunciation

Noun

آلَس • (ālas) m (Hindi spelling आलस)

  1. laziness, sloth, lethargy
    Synonym: سُستی (sustī)

Declension

Declension of آلس
singular plural
direct آلَس (ālas) آلَس (ālas)
oblique آلَس (ālas) آلَسوں (ālasō̃)
vocative آلَس (ālas) آلَسو (ālasō)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “آلس”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آلس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • آلَس”, in Rekhta Urdu Dictionary (in Urdu), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.