See also: उदासी

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Hindi उदास (udāsa), from Sanskrit उदास (udāsa).

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

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 edit

Related terms edit

Marathi edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

उदास (udās)

  1. sad, dejected

Further reading edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “उदास”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Adjective edit

उदास (udāsa)

  1. worried, anxious, indifferent

Descendants edit

  • Hindustani: udās
    Hindi: उदास
    Urdu: اُدَاس (udās)

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Adjective edit

उदास (udāsa)

  1. Devanagari form of 𑘄𑘟𑘰𑘭 (udāsa)

Noun edit

उदास (udāsa)

  1. Devanagari form of 𑘄𑘟𑘰𑘭 (udāsa)

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

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

Adjective edit

उदास (udāsa) stem

  1. throwing out, casting out

Noun edit

उदास (udāsa) stemm

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

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