लस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• লস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• လသ် (Burmese script)
• લસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਲਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಲಸ್ (Kannada script)
• លស៑ (Khmer script)
• ລສ຺ (Lao script)
• ലസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଲସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ලස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• லஸ் (Tamil script)
• లస్ (Telugu script)
• ลสฺ (Thai script)
• ལ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. The original meaning is "to be lively". Likely from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“eager”); compare Latin lascīvus (“playful; lustful”) and perhaps Ancient Greek λῐλαίομαι (lilaíomai, “to desire; to be eager or anxious”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂s-; compare Proto-Slavic *làskati (“to caress, flatter”). Finally, perhaps borrowed from a foreign source.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪ɐs̪/

Root

लस् • (las)

1. to play; to sport; to frolic; to be lively
2. to shine; to flash; to glitter
3. to appear; to come to light; to arise
4. to sound; to resound
5. to jerk; to twitch
6. to embrace
7. to dance
8. to cause to teach to dance
9. to exercise an art

Derived terms

• अलसीत् (alasīt)
• अलीलसत् (alīlasat)
• ललास (lalāsa)
• लसति (lasati)
• लसत् (lasat)
• लसमान (lasamāna)
• लसिता (lasitā)
• लसिष्यति (lasiṣyati)
• लालस (lālasa)
• लास (lāsa)
• लासयति (lāsayati)
• लास्यते (lāsyate)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “लस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 899, column 1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 147
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 440
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 95