हर्ष

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हर्ष (harṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦəɾʂ/, [ɦɐɾʃ]

Noun

हर्ष • (harṣ) m

1. joy, pleasure, delight

   Synonyms: प्रसन्नता (prasannatā), ख़ुशी (xuśī)

Declension

Declension of हर्ष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हर्ष harṣ	हर्ष harṣ
oblique	हर्ष harṣ	हर्षों harṣõ
vocative	हर्ष harṣ	हर्षो harṣo

Derived terms

• हर्ष करना (harṣ karnā)

Related terms

• हर्षित (harṣit)

Proper noun

हर्ष • (harṣ) m

1. a male given name, Harsh, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of हर्ष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हर्ष harṣ	हर्ष harṣ
oblique	हर्ष harṣ	हर्षों harṣõ
vocative	हर्ष harṣ	हर्षो harṣo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हर्ष”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হৰ্ষ (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬃᬱ (Balinese script)
• হর্ষ (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰨𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀭𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
• ဟရ္ၑ (Burmese script)
• હર્ષ (Gujarati script)
• ਹਰ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌰𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦂꦰ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂩𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
• ಹರ್ಷ (Kannada script)
• ហឞ៌ (Khmer script)
• ຫຣ຺ຩ (Lao script)
• ഹര്ഷ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠᡵᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘨𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᠷᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧈𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐬𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
• ହର୍ଷ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢬ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆫𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖨𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
• හර්‍ෂ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩼 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஹர்ஷ (Tamil script)
• హర్ష (Telugu script)
• หรฺษ (Thai script)
• ཧ་རྵ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒩𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨫𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From हृष् (hṛṣ) +‎ -अ (-a), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“rigid, stiff; surprised”). Cognate with Latin horreō, horror, Ancient Greek χέρσος (khérsos, “dry land”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐɾ.ʂɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɐɾ.ʂɐ/

Noun

हर्ष • (harṣa) stem, m

1. joy, pleasure, happiness
2. bristling, erection (especially of the hair in a thrill of rapture or delight)
3. erection of the sexual organ, sexual excitement, lustfulness
4. ardent desire

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हर्ष (harṣa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हर्षः harṣaḥ	हर्षौ / हर्षा¹ harṣau / harṣā¹	हर्षाः / हर्षासः¹ harṣāḥ / harṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative	हर्ष harṣa	हर्षौ / हर्षा¹ harṣau / harṣā¹	हर्षाः / हर्षासः¹ harṣāḥ / harṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	हर्षम् harṣam	हर्षौ / हर्षा¹ harṣau / harṣā¹	हर्षान् harṣān
Instrumental	हर्षेण harṣeṇa	हर्षाभ्याम् harṣābhyām	हर्षैः / हर्षेभिः¹ harṣaiḥ / harṣebhiḥ¹
Dative	हर्षाय harṣāya	हर्षाभ्याम् harṣābhyām	हर्षेभ्यः harṣebhyaḥ
Ablative	हर्षात् harṣāt	हर्षाभ्याम् harṣābhyām	हर्षेभ्यः harṣebhyaḥ
Genitive	हर्षस्य harṣasya	हर्षयोः harṣayoḥ	हर्षाणाम् harṣāṇām
Locative	हर्षे harṣe	हर्षयोः harṣayoḥ	हर्षेषु harṣeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Tamil: ஹர்ஷம் (harṣam)
• → Hindi: हर्ष (harṣ)
• → Old Javanese: harṣa

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हर्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1292.