झकास

Hindi

Alternative forms

• झक्कास (jhakkās)

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi झकास (jhakās)/झकाश (jhakāś), cf. झक (jhak).

Adjective

झकास • (jhakās) (indeclinable)

1. (Bombay Hindi, slang) cool, epic, awesome

   कल की फ़िल्म बिलकुल झकास थी।

   kal kī film bilkul jhakās thī.

   Yesterday's movie was completely awesome.

   • 1985, K.A. Narayan, Naeem Sha, When Chinoy (Danny Denzongpa) introduces Nafisa Khatun (Hema Malini) to Avinash Rathod, in Gulshan Rai, director, Yudh [War] (motion picture), spoken by Avinash Rathod (Anil Kapoor), Trimurti Films Pvt. Ltd.:

     मस्का है मस्का, एकदम झकास।

     maskā hai maskā, ekdam jhakās.

     She is like butter, absolutely awesome.

   • 2023 September 20, Akash Kumar, “झकास बोला तो अनिल कपूर को पैसे देने होंगे! [jhakās bolā to anil kapūr ko paise dene hoṅge!, If you say jhakas then you will have to pay Anil Kapoor!]”, in India Today‎^[1]:
   • 2024 July 10, Ashish Rajendra, “जब अनिल कपूर ने पहली बार पर्दे पर बोला था झकास, 39 साल पहले आई फिल्म से है खास कनेक्शन [jab anil kapūr ne pahlī bār parde par bolā thā jhakās, 39 sāl pahle āī philm se hai khās kanekśan, When Anil Kapoor said jhakaas on screen for the first time: It has a special connection with this movie released 39 years ago]”, in Dainik Jagran‎^[2]:

     साफतौर कहा जाए तो अनिल कपूर की फिल्मी दुनिया में झकास डायलॉग से काफी पहचान बनी हुई है।

     sāphtaur kahā jāe to anil kapūr kī philmī duniyā mẽ jhakās ḍāylŏg se kāphī pahcān banī huī hai.

     To put it simply, Anil Kapoor is well known in the film world for his jhakaas dialogue.

References

• Daisy Mowke (2019 August 15) “Mahindra asks about origin of word Jhakaas, Anil Kapoor responds”, in Inshorts‎^[3]:

  Anil Kapoor has responded to a tweet by Anand Mahindra, wherein he asked people about the origin of the word 'Jhakaas'. Mahindra asked this while tweeting a message titled 'India Innovates: From Jugaad to Jhakaas, that he wrote for a summit. "I can't speak to its origins @anandmahindra, but I may have inadvertently been responsible for popularising it," Anil replied.

• Astha Rajvanshi (2024 September 5) “Anil Kapoor: The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2024”, in TIME‎^[4]: “He also sought protection over the use of his iconic phrase, 'jhakaas", or "awesome" in Hindi—first uttered in the 1985 Hindi film, Yudh.”