آلس

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀮𑀲𑁆𑀲 (ālassa), from Sanskrit आलस्य (ā́lasya). Cognate with Assamese এলাহ (elah) and Marathi आळस (āḷas).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ləs/
• Rhymes: -əs

Noun

آلَس • (ālas) m (Hindi spelling आलस)

1. laziness, sloth, lethargy

   Synonym: سُستی (sustī)

Declension

Declension of آلس
	singular	plural
direct	آلَس (ālas)	آلَس (ālas)
oblique	آلَس (ālas)	آلَسوں (ālasō̃)
vocative	آلَس (ālas)	آلَسو (ālasō)

Derived terms

• آلْسِی (ālsī)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “آلس”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آلس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “آلَس”, in Rekhta Urdu Dictionary (in Urdu), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024