उल्लास

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उल्लास (ullāsa). By surface analysis, उद्- (ud-) +‎ लास (lās). Doublet of हुलास (hulās).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʊl.lɑːs/,

Noun

उल्लास • (ullās) m (formal)

light, splendour
joy, happiness, merriness

Declension

Declension of उल्लास (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	उल्लास ullās	उल्लास ullās
oblique	उल्लास ullās	उल्लासों ullāsõ
vocative	उल्लास ullās	उल्लासो ullāso

Further reading

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “उल्लास”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : 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

উল্লাস (Assamese script)
ᬉᬮ᭄ᬮᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
উল্লাস (Bengali script)
𑰄𑰩𑰿𑰩𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀉𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
ဥလ္လာသ (Burmese script)
ઉલ્લાસ (Gujarati script)
ਉਲ੍ਲਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌉𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
ꦈꦭ꧀ꦭꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
𑂇𑂪𑂹𑂪𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
ಉಲ್ಲಾಸ (Kannada script)
ឧល្លាស (Khmer script)
ອຸລ຺ລາສ (Lao script)
ഉല്ലാസ (Malayalam script)
ᡠᠯᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘄𑘩𑘿𑘩𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
ᠤᠯᠯᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦤𑧉𑧠𑧉𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
𑐄𑐮𑑂𑐮𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
ଉଲ୍ଲାସ (Odia script)
ꢆꢭ꣄ꢭꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
𑆇𑆬𑇀𑆬𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
𑖄𑖩𑖿𑖩𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
උල‍්ලාස (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩒𑩽 𑪙𑩽𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
𑚄𑚥𑚶𑚥𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
உல்லாஸ (Tamil script)
ఉల్లాస (Telugu script)
อุลฺลาส (Thai script)
ཨུ་ལླཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
𑒅𑒪𑓂𑒪𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨃𑨬𑩇𑨬𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From उद्- (ud-, “over, upon”) +‎ लास (lāsa, “jumping, dancing”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ul.lɑː.sɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ul̪ˈl̪ɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

उल्लास • (ullāsa) stem, 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)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	उल्लासः ullāsaḥ	उल्लासौ / उल्लासा¹ ullāsau / ullāsā¹	उल्लासाः / उल्लासासः¹ ullāsāḥ / ullāsāsaḥ¹
Vocative	उल्लास ullāsa	उल्लासौ / उल्लासा¹ ullāsau / ullāsā¹	उल्लासाः / उल्लासासः¹ ullāsāḥ / ullāsāsaḥ¹
Accusative	उल्लासम् ullāsam	उल्लासौ / उल्लासा¹ ullāsau / ullāsā¹	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	¹Vedic

Descendants

Prakrit: *𑀉𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀲 (*ullāsa) (compare 𑀉𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀲𑀕 (ullāsaga))
Maharastri Prakrit:
- Old Marathi:
  Devanagari script: उल्हास (ulhāsa)
  
  Modi script: 𑘄𑘩𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘭 (ulhāsa)
  - Marathi: उल्हास (ulhās)
Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Braj: हुलास (hulās)
- Hindustani:
  Hindi: हुलास (hulās)
  
  Urdu: ہُلاس (hulās)
→ Telugu: ఉల్లాసం (ullāsaṁ)
→ Hindi: उल्लास (ullās) (learned)
→ Malayalam: ഉല്ലാസം (ullāsaṁ)

Further reading

Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “उल्लास”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
Monier Williams (1899) “उल्लास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 219, column 2.

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