आलस्य

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आलस्य (ā́lasya). Doublet of आलस (ālas).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ləs.jᵊ/,

आलस्य • (ālasya) m (formal)

1. laziness, sloth, lethargy

   Synonyms: आलस (ālas), सुस्ती (sustī)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आलस्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आलस्य”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “आलस्य”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Vrddhi derivative of अलस (alasá) with a -य (-ya) extension.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑ́ː.lɐs.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈl̪ɐs̪.jɐ/

आलस्य • (ā́lasya) stem, n

1. idleness, laziness

• Pali: ālassa
• Prakrit: 𑀆𑀮𑀲𑁆𑀲 (ālassa)
  • Helu Prakrit:
    • >? Dhivehi: ލަސް (las)
    • Sinhalese: ලැස් (læs)
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Early Assamese: আলাস (alaso)
      • Assamese: এলাহ (elah)
    • Odia: ଆଳସ (āḷasa)
    • Maithili:

      Devanagari script: आलस (ālas)

      Tirhuta script: 𑒂𑒪𑒮 (ālasa)

  • Maharastri Prakrit:
    • Old Marathi:

      Devanagari script: आळस (āḷasa), आळोस (āḷosa)

      Modi script: 𑘁𑘯𑘭 (āḷasa), 𑘁𑘯𑘻𑘭 (āḷosa)

      • Marathi: आळस (āḷas)
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Takka Apabhramsa:
      • Punjabi:

        Gurmukhi script: ਆਲਸ (ālas)

        Shahmukhi script: آلَس (ālas)

      • →? Sindhi:

        Arabic script: آلسُ

        Devanagari script: आलिसु

    • Vracada Apabhramsa:
      • Sindhi:

        Arabic script: آرسُ

        Devanagari script: आरिसु

  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Gurjara Apabhramsa:
      • Gujarati: આળસ (āḷsa)
    • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
      • Hindustani:

        Hindi: आलस (ālas)

        Urdu: آلَس (ālas)

    • Vaghri: આરસ (āras)
• → Hindi: आलस्य (ālasya) (learned)

आलस्य • (ā́lasya) stem

1. idle, lazy, inactive, slothful

• Monier Williams (1899) “आलस्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 153, column 3.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “आलस्य”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 175
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ā́lasya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press