तंद्रालस

Hindi

Alternative forms

• तन्द्रालस (tandrālas)

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from तंद्रा (tandrā, “lassitude, drowsiness, exhaustion”) +‎ अलस (alas) or आलस (ālas, “lazy, inert, inactive, lethargic”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ən.d̪ɾɑː.ləs/, [t̪ɐ̃n̪.d̪ɾäː.lɐs]
• Rhymes: -əs
• Hyphenation: तं‧द्रा‧लस

Adjective

तंद्रालस • (tandrālas) (indeclinable)

1. inert from exhaustion, lazy from sleep or fatigue, half-asleep
   • 1948, Dharamvir Bharati, ठेले पर हिमालय‎^[1]:

     रास्ता सुहावना था और उस थकावट के बाद उसका सुहावनापन हम को और भी तंद्रालस बना रहा था।

     rāstā suhāvnā thā aur us thakāvaṭ ke bād uskā suhāvnāpana ham ko aur bhī tandrālas banā rahā thā.

     The path was pleasant and after that exhaustion, its pleasantness was making us even more drowsy.

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तंद्रालस”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तंद्रा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press