उदास

See also: उदासी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit उदास (udāsa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʊ.d̪ɑːs/, [ʊ.d̪äːs]

Adjective

उदास • (udās) (Urdu spelling اداس)

1. sad, depressed

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   सोचते सोचते रवि उदास हो गया।

   socte socte ravi udās ho gayā.

   Thinking and thinking, Ravi became sad.

   Synonym: दुःखी (duḥkhī)

2. gloomy, melancholy
3. indifferent, stoic, apathetic

Related terms

• उदासी (udāsī)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From √उद् (ud, “upon, upwards”) and आस (āsa, “seat”)

Adjective

1. throwing out, casting out

Noun

उदास • (udāsa) stem, m

1. apathy, stoicism, indifference, lack of concern
2. abortion

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “उदास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0185.