उल्लास
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उल्लास (ullāsa); synchronically analysable as उत्- (ut-) + लास (lās). Doublet of हुलास (hulās).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʊl.lɑːs/, [ʊl̪.l̪äːs̪]
Noun
उल्लास • (ullās) m (formal)
- light, splendour
- joy, happiness, merriness
Declension
Declension of उल्लास (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | उल्लास ullās | उल्लास ullās |
oblique | उल्लास ullās | उल्लासों ullāsõ |
vocative | उल्लास ullās | उल्लासो ullāso |
Further reading
- Syamasundara Dasa (1965–1975) , “उल्लास”, in Hindi Sabdasagara [Comprehensive Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha.
- Platts, John T. (1884) , “उल्लास”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) , “उल्लास”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬉᬮ᭄ᬮᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
- উল্লাস (Assamese script)
- উল্লাস (Bengali script)
- 𑰄𑰩𑰿𑰩𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀉𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌉𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
- ઉલ્લાસ (Gujarati script)
- ꦈꦭ꧀ꦭꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
- ಉಲ್ಲಾಸ (Kannada script)
- ဥလ္လာသ (Burmese script)
- 𑐄𑐮𑑂𑐮𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
- ଉଲ୍ଲାସ (Oriya script)
- ꢆꢭ꣄ꢭꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆇𑆬𑇀𑆬𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
- 𑖄𑖩𑖿𑖩𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
- ఉల్లాస (Telugu script)
- ཨུལླཱས (Tibetan script)
- 𑒅𑒪𑓂𑒪𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From उद्- (ud-) + लास (lāsa).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ul̪.l̪ɑː.s̪ɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ul̪ˈl̪ɑː.s̪ɐ/
Noun
उल्लास • (ullāsa) m
- light, splendour
- the coming forth, becoming visible, appearing
- joy, happiness, merriness
- increase, growth
- (rhetoric) giving prominence to any object by comparison or opposition
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of उल्लास (ullāsa) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | उल्लासः ullāsaḥ | उल्लासौ ullāsau | उल्लासाः / उल्लासासः¹ ullāsāḥ / ullāsāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | उल्लास ullāsa | उल्लासौ ullāsau | उल्लासाः / उल्लासासः¹ ullāsāḥ / ullāsāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | उल्लासम् ullāsam | उल्लासौ ullāsau | उल्लासान् ullāsān |
Instrumental | उल्लासेन ullāsena | उल्लासाभ्याम् ullāsābhyām | उल्लासैः / उल्लासेभिः¹ ullāsaiḥ / ullāsebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | उल्लासाय ullāsāya | उल्लासाभ्याम् ullāsābhyām | उल्लासेभ्यः ullāsebhyaḥ |
Ablative | उल्लासात् ullāsāt | उल्लासाभ्याम् ullāsābhyām | उल्लासेभ्यः ullāsebhyaḥ |
Genitive | उल्लासस्य ullāsasya | उल्लासयोः ullāsayoḥ | उल्लासानाम् ullāsānām |
Locative | उल्लासे ullāse | उल्लासयोः ullāsayoḥ | उल्लासेषु ullāseṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
- Prakrit: *𑀉𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀲 (*ullāsa) (compare 𑀉𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀲𑀕 (ullāsaga))
- Maharastri Prakrit:
- Old Marathi:
- Devanagari: उल्हास (ulhāsa)
- Modi: 𑘄𑘩𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘭 (ulhāsa)
- Marathi: उल्हास (ulhās)
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Braj: हुलास (hulās)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: हुलास (hulās)
- Urdu: ہُلاس (hulās)
- → Telugu: ఉల్లాసం (ullāsaṃ)
- → Hindi: उल्लास (ullās) (learned)
Further reading
- उल्लास – Apte, Vaman Shivaram. Revised and enlarged edition of Prin. V. S. Apte's The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary. Poona: Prasad Prakashan, 1957-1959. 3v.
- Monier Williams (1899) , “उल्लास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 219, column 2.