उल्लास
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/, [ʊl.läːs]
Noun
उल्लास • (ullās) m (formal)
Declension
| 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 [Varanasi]: 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): /ul̪.l̪ɑː.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
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | उल्लासः (ullāsaḥ) | उल्लासौ (ullāsau) उल्लासा¹ (ullāsā¹) |
उल्लासाः (ullāsāḥ) उल्लासासः¹ (ullāsāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | उल्लासम् (ullāsam) | उल्लासौ (ullāsau) उल्लासा¹ (ullāsā¹) |
उल्लासान् (ullāsān) |
| instrumental | उल्लासेन (ullāsena) | उल्लासाभ्याम् (ullāsābhyām) | उल्लासैः (ullāsaiḥ) उल्लासेभिः¹ (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) |
| vocative | उल्लास (ullāsa) | उल्लासौ (ullāsau) उल्लासा¹ (ullāsā¹) |
उल्लासाः (ullāsāḥ) उल्लासासः¹ (ullāsāsaḥ¹) |
- 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:
- → 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.