उदास

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See also: उदासी

Hindi

Etymology

First attested in c. 1503 as Old Hindi उदास/اداس (udās, “indifferent”), a learned borrowing from Sanskrit उदास (udāsa).

Pronunciation

Adjective

उदास • (udās) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اُدَاس)

  1. sad, depressed
    Synonym: दुःखी (duḥkhī)
    सोचते सोचते रवि उदास हो गया।
    socte socte ravi udās ho gayā.
    Thinking and thinking, Ravi became sad.
  2. gloomy, melancholy
  3. indifferent, stoic, apathetic

Derived terms

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उदास (udāsa). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘄𑘟𑘰𑘭 (udāsa).

Pronunciation

Adjective

उदास • (udās)

  1. sad, dejected

Further reading

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “उदास”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “उदास”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “उदास”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Old Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उदास (udāsa). Compare Old Punjabi ਉਦਾਸੁ (udāsu), Old Marathi 𑘄𑘟𑘰𑘭 (udāsa).

Adjective

उदास (udāsa) (Perso-Arabic اُداس)

  1. worried, anxious, indifferent

Descendants

  • Hindustani: udās
    Hindi: उदास
    Urdu: اُدَاس (udās)

Further reading

  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 521

Old Marathi

Adjective

उदास (udāsa)

  1. Devanagari form of 𑘄𑘟𑘰𑘭 (udāsa)

Noun

उदास (udāsa)

  1. Devanagari form of 𑘄𑘟𑘰𑘭 (udāsa)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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Etymology

From उद्- (ud-, “upon, upwards”) and आस (āsa, “seat”).

Adjective

उदास • (udāsa) stem

  1. throwing out, casting out

Noun

उदास • (udāsa) stem, m

  1. apathy, stoicism, indifference, lack of concern
  2. abortion

References

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