उदास

See also: उदासी

Hindi

Etymology

First attested in c. 1503 as Old Hindi उदास/اداس (udās, “indifferent”), a learned borrowing from Sanskrit उदास (udāsa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʊ.d̪ɑːs/, [ʊ.d̪äːs]

Adjective

उदास • (udās) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اُدَاس)

1. sad, depressed

   Synonym: दुःखी (duḥkhī)

   सोचते सोचते रवि उदास हो गया।

   socte socte ravi udās ho gayā.

   Thinking and thinking, Ravi became sad.

2. gloomy, melancholy
3. indifferent, stoic, apathetic

Derived terms

• उदासी (udāsī)

Related terms

• उदासी (udāsī)

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उदास (udāsa). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘄𑘟𑘰𑘭 (udāsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.d̪as/

Adjective

उदास • (udās)

1. sad, dejected

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “उदास”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “उदास”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “उदास”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)

Old Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उदास (udāsa). Compare Old Punjabi ਉਦਾਸੁ (udāsu), Old Marathi 𑘄𑘟𑘰𑘭 (udāsa).

Adjective

उदास (udāsa) (Perso-Arabic اُداس)

1. worried, anxious, indifferent

Descendants

• Hindustani: udās

  Hindi: उदास

  Urdu: اُدَاس (udās)

Further reading

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 521

Old Marathi

Adjective

उदास (udāsa)

1. Devanagari form of 𑘄𑘟𑘰𑘭 (udāsa)

Noun

उदास (udāsa)

1. Devanagari form of 𑘄𑘟𑘰𑘭 (udāsa)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উদাস (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬤᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
• উদাস (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰟𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀤𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• ဥဒါသ (Burmese script)
• ઉદાસ (Gujarati script)
• ਉਦਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌦𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦢꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂠𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಉದಾಸ (Kannada script)
• ឧទាស (Khmer script)
• ອຸທາສ (Lao script)
• ഉദാസ (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᡩᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘟𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢑᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑦿𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐡𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
• ଉଦାସ (Odia script)
• ꢆꢣꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆢𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖟𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
• උදාස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩭𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚛𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
• உத³ாஸ (Tamil script)
• ఉదాస (Telugu script)
• อุทาส (Thai script)
• ཨུ་དཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒠𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨛𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From उद्- (ud-, “upon, upwards”) and आस (āsa, “seat”).

Adjective

उदास • (udāsa) stem

1. throwing out, casting out

Noun

उदास • (udāsa) stem, m

1. apathy, stoicism, indifference, lack of concern
2. abortion

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “उदास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0185.