آلس

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Urdu

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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آلَس (ālasm (Hindi spelling आलस)

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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