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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀮𑀲𑁆𑀲 (ālassa), from Sanskrit आलस्य (ā́lasya). Cognate with Assamese এলাহ (elah) and Marathi आळस (āḷas).
Pronunciation
Noun
آلَس • (ālas) m (Hindi spelling आलस)
- laziness, sloth, lethargy
- Synonym: سُستی (sustī)
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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آلَس (ālas)
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آلَس (ālas)
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| oblique
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آلَس (ālas)
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آلَسوں (ālasõ)
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| vocative
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آلَس (ālas)
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آلَسو (ālaso)
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Derived terms
Further reading
- 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