अलस

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.ləs/, [ə.l̪əs̪]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अलस (alasa).

अलस • (alas) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اَلَس‎) (formal)

1. lazy, lethargic, inactive, idle, slothful

   Synonyms: आलसी (ālsī), सुस्त (sust), आलस्यमय (ālasyamay)

अलस • (alas) m (rare)

1. a sore or ulcer between the toes
2. tympanitis
3. a small poisonous animal
4. a type of plant

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

अलस • (alas) m (Urdu spelling اَلَس‎)

1. Alternative form of आलस (ālas, “idleness, sloth”)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अलस”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अलस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “अलस”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

A later Vedic corruption of अरस (arasá, “sapless, dull, weak”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐ.sɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.l̪ɐ.s̪ɐ/

अलस • (alasá)

1. lazy, lethargic, inactive, idle, slothful
2. tired, fatigued
3. soft, gentle
4. slow, dull

• Hindi: अलस (alas)
• Tocharian B: *ālas

अलस • (alasá) m

1. a sore or ulcer between the toes
2. tympanitis
3. a small poisonous animal
4. a type of plant

• Hindi: अलस (alas)

• Monier Williams (1899), “अलस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 94, column 3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “alasa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “अलस”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan