तंद्रालस
Hindi
Alternative forms
- तन्द्रालस (tandrālas)
Etymology
Sanskritic formation from तंद्रा (tandrā, “lassitude, drowsiness, exhaustion”) + अलस (alas) or आलस (ālas, “lazy, inert, inactive, lethargic”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ən.d̪ɾɑː.ləs/, [t̪ɐ̃n̪.d̪ɾäː.lɐs]
- Rhymes: -əs
- Hyphenation: तं‧द्रा‧लस
Adjective
तंद्रालस • (tandrālas) (indeclinable)
- inert from exhaustion, lazy from sleep or fatigue, half-asleep
- 1948, Dharamvir Bharati, ठेले पर हिमालय[1]:
- रास्ता सुहावना था और उस थकावट के बाद उसका सुहावनापन हम को और भी तंद्रालस बना रहा था।
- rāstā suhāvnā thā aur us thakāvaṭ ke bād uskā suhāvnāpana ham ko aur bhī tandrālas banā rahā thā.
- The path was pleasant and after that exhaustion, its pleasantness was making us even more drowsy.
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तंद्रालस”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तंद्रा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press