ललित

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit ललित (lalita).

Proper noun

ललित • (lalit) m

(Indian classical music) a raga, played during the 4th prahara of the night or throughout the चतुर्मास, in the Purvi thaat

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ᬮᬮᬶᬢ (Balinese script)
ললিত (Assamese script)
ললিত (Bengali script)
𑰩𑰩𑰰𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀮𑀮𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
𑌲𑌲𑌿𑌤 (Grantha script)
લલિત (Gujarati script)
ਲਲਿਤ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦭꦭꦶꦠ (Javanese script)
លលិត (Khmer script)
ಲಲಿತ (Kannada script)
ລລິຕ (Lao script)
ലലിത (Malayalam script)
𑘩𑘩𑘱𑘝 (Modi script)
ᠯᠠᠯᢈᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
ᠯᠠᠯᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
လလိတ (Burmese script)
𑧉𑧉𑧒𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
𑐮𑐮𑐶𑐟 (Newa script)
ଲଲିତ (Oriya script)
ꢭꢭꢶꢡ (Saurashtra script)
𑆬𑆬𑆴𑆠 (Sharada script)
𑖩𑖩𑖰𑖝 (Siddham script)
ලලිත (Sinhalese script)
లలిత (Telugu script)
ลลิต (Thai script)
ལ་ལི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
𑒪𑒪𑒱𑒞 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐ.li.tɐ/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ɐ.l̪i.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

ललित • (lalita)

sported, played, playing, wanton, amorous, voluptuous.
artless, innocent, soft, gentle, charming, lovely.
wished for, desired.
quivering, tremulous.

Proper noun

ललित • (lalita) ?

Name of Durga.

Descendants

Prakrit:
- → Malayalam: ലളിതം (laḷitaṃ)
→ Telugu: లలిత (lalita)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “ललित”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0897.

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