اپواس
Sindhi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उपवास (upavāsa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊp.ʋɑːs/
Noun
اُپواس • (upvās) m
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
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʊp.ʋɑːs/
Noun
اُپواس • (upvās) m (Hindi spelling उपवास) (non-Islamic, Hinduism)
- the act of fasting (abstention from food); fast (instance of fasting)
Declension
| 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.