हास

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हास (hāsa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦɑːs/, [ɦäːs]

Noun

हास • (hās) m (Urdu spelling هاس)

1. laughter, merriment, ridicule
2. a joke

   Synonyms: मज़ाक़ (mazāq), परिहास (parihās)

Declension

Declension of हास (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हास hās	हास hās
oblique	हास hās	हासों hāsõ
vocative	हास hās	हासो hāso

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “हास”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “हास”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হাস (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
• হাস (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• ဟာသ (Burmese script)
• હાસ (Gujarati script)
• ਹਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಹಾಸ (Kannada script)
• ហាស (Khmer script)
• ຫາສ (Lao script)
• ഹാസ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
• ହାସ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
• හාස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
• ஹாஸ (Tamil script)
• హాస (Telugu script)
• หาส (Thai script)
• ཧཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of the root हस् (has).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɑː.sɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

हास • (hāsa) stem, m

1. laughing, laughter, mirth
2. mocking, derision
3. a jest, joke, fun
4. dazzling whiteness (regarded as laughter in which the teeth are shown)
5. pride, arrogance

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हास

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	हासः (hāsaḥ)	हासौ (hāsau) हासा¹ (hāsā¹)	हासाः (hāsāḥ) हासासः¹ (hāsāsaḥ¹)
accusative	हासम् (hāsam)	हासौ (hāsau) हासा¹ (hāsā¹)	हासान् (hāsān)
instrumental	हासेन (hāsena)	हासाभ्याम् (hāsābhyām)	हासैः (hāsaiḥ) हासेभिः¹ (hāsebhiḥ¹)
dative	हासाय (hāsāya)	हासाभ्याम् (hāsābhyām)	हासेभ्यः (hāsebhyaḥ)
ablative	हासात् (hāsāt)	हासाभ्याम् (hāsābhyām)	हासेभ्यः (hāsebhyaḥ)
genitive	हासस्य (hāsasya)	हासयोः (hāsayoḥ)	हासानाम् (hāsānām)
locative	हासे (hāse)	हासयोः (hāsayoḥ)	हासेषु (hāseṣu)
vocative	हास (hāsa)	हासौ (hāsau) हासा¹ (hāsā¹)	हासाः (hāsāḥ) हासासः¹ (hāsāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: hāsa
  • → Burmese: ဟာသ (hasa.)
  • → Khmer: ហាស (haasaʼ)
• → Hindi: हास (hās) (learned)
• → Kannada: ಹಾಸ (hāsa) (learned)
• → Telugu: హాసము (hāsamu) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “हास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1294.