आलस

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ləs/,

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀮𑀲𑁆𑀲 (ālassa), from Sanskrit आलस्य (ā́lasya). Cognate with Assamese এলাহ (elah) and Marathi आळस (āḷas). Doublet of आलस्य (ālasya).

आलस • (ālas) m (Urdu spelling آلَس)

1. laziness, sloth, lethargy

   Synonyms: आलस्य (ālasya), सुस्ती (sustī)

   मुझे बहुत आलस आ रहा है।

   mujhe bahut ālas ā rahā hai.

   I am feeling lazy.

   (literally, “Laziness is coming to me”)

• आलसी (ālsī)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आलस (ālasa).

आलस • (ālas) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling آلَس)

1. (formal, rare) lazy, idle, slothful

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आलस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आलस”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “आलस”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “आलस”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “आलस”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Vṛddhi derivative of अलस (alasá).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.lɐ.sɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.l̪ɐ.s̪ɐ/

आलस • (ālasa) stem

1. lazy, idle, slothful

• Monier Williams (1899) “आलस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 153, column 3.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “आलस”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan