हौस
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian هوس (hawas), from Arabic هَوَس (hawas). Compare Gujarati હવસ (havas), Hindustani ہَوَس (havas) / हवस (havas), Punjabi ਹਵਸ (havas) / ہَوَس (hauas).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
हौस • (haus) f
- enthusiasm
- Synonym: उत्साह (utsāh)
- liking
- Synonym: आवड (āvaḍ)
Derived terms edit
- हौशी (hauśī)
References edit
- Berntsen, Maxine, “हौस”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “हौस”, 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) “हौस”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).