اپواس

Sindhi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उपवास (upavāsa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʊp.ʋɑːs/

Noun

اُپواس • (upvāsm

  1. (religion, especially Hinduism) the act of fasting, abstention from food
    Synonym: روزو (rozo)

References

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “اُپواس”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उपवास (upavāsa). Doublet of اُپاس (upās).

Pronunciation

Noun

اُپواس • (upvāsm (Hindi spelling उपवास) (non-Islamic, Hinduism)

  1. the act of fasting (abstention from food); fast (instance of fasting)
    Synonyms: بَرَت (barat), روزَہ (roza)

Declension

Declension of اپواس
singular plural
direct اُپواس (upvās) اُپواس (upvās)
oblique اُپواس (upvās) اُپواسوں (upvāsõ)
vocative اُپواس (upvās) اُپواسو (upvāso)

Further reading

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “اپواس”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 12
  • اپواس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “اپواس”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 23
  • اپواس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.