उल्लास

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उल्लास (ullāsa). By surface analysis, उद्- (ud-) +‎ लास (lās). Doublet of हुलास (hulās).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʊl.lɑːs/, [ʊl.läːs]

Noun

उल्लास • (ullās) m (formal)

1. light, splendour
2. joy, happiness, merriness

Declension

Declension of उल्लास (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	उल्लास ullās	उल्लास ullās
oblique	उल्लास ullās	उल्लासों ullāsõ
vocative	उल्लास ullās	उल्लासो ullāso

Further reading

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উল্লাস (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬮ᭄ᬮᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
• উল্লাস (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰩𑰿𑰩𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• ဥလ္လာသ (Burmese script)
• ઉલ્લાસ (Gujarati script)
• ਉਲ੍ਲਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦭ꧀ꦭꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂪𑂹𑂪𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಉಲ್ಲಾಸ (Kannada script)
• ឧល្លាស (Khmer script)
• ອຸລ຺ລາສ (Lao script)
• ഉല്ലാസ (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᠯᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘩𑘿𑘩𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᠤᠯᠯᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑧉𑧠𑧉𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐮𑑂𑐮𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
• ଉଲ୍ଲାସ (Odia script)
• ꢆꢭ꣄ꢭꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆬𑇀𑆬𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖩𑖿𑖩𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
• උල‍්ලාස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩽 𑪙𑩽𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚥𑚶𑚥𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
• உல்லாஸ (Tamil script)
• ఉల్లాస (Telugu script)
• อุลฺลาส (Thai script)
• ཨུ་ལླཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒪𑓂𑒪𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨬𑩇𑨬𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From उद्- (ud-, “over, upon”) +‎ लास (lāsa, “jumping, dancing”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ul.lɑː.sɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ul̪.l̪ɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

उल्लास • (ullāsa) stem, m

1. light, splendour
2. the coming forth, becoming visible, appearing
3. joy, happiness, merriness
4. increase, growth
5. (rhetoric) giving prominence to any object by comparison or opposition

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of उल्लास

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	उल्लासः (ullāsaḥ)	उल्लासौ (ullāsau) उल्लासा¹ (ullāsā¹)	उल्लासाः (ullāsāḥ) उल्लासासः¹ (ullāsāsaḥ¹)
vocative	उल्लास (ullāsa)	उल्लासौ (ullāsau) उल्लासा¹ (ullāsā¹)	उल्लासाः (ullāsāḥ) उल्लासासः¹ (ullāsāsaḥ¹)
accusative	उल्लासम् (ullāsam)	उल्लासौ (ullāsau) उल्लासा¹ (ullāsā¹)	उल्लासान् (ullāsān)
instrumental	उल्लासेन (ullāsena)	उल्लासाभ्याम् (ullāsābhyām)	उल्लासैः (ullāsaiḥ) उल्लासेभिः¹ (ullāsebhiḥ¹)
dative	उल्लासाय (ullāsāya)	उल्लासाभ्याम् (ullāsābhyām)	उल्लासेभ्यः (ullāsebhyaḥ)
ablative	उल्लासात् (ullāsāt)	उल्लासाभ्याम् (ullāsābhyām)	उल्लासेभ्यः (ullāsebhyaḥ)
genitive	उल्लासस्य (ullāsasya)	उल्लासयोः (ullāsayoḥ)	उल्लासानाम् (ullāsānām)
locative	उल्लासे (ullāse)	उल्लासयोः (ullāsayoḥ)	उल्लासेषु (ullāseṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: *𑀉𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀲 (*ullāsa) (compare 𑀉𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀲𑀕 (ullāsaga))

  Maharastri Prakrit:

  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: उल्हास (ulhāsa)

    Modi script: 𑘄𑘩𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘭 (ulhāsa)

    • Marathi: उल्हास (ulhās)

  Sauraseni Prakrit:

  • Braj: हुलास (hulās)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: हुलास (hulās)

    Urdu: ہُلاس (hulās)

• → Telugu: ఉల్లాసం (ullāsaṁ)
• → Hindi: उल्लास (ullās) (learned)
• → Malayalam: ഉല്ലാസം (ullāsaṁ)

Further reading

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “उल्लास”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899) “उल्लास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 219, column 2.