हास

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हास (hāsa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɑːs/, [ɦäːs]

Noun

हास • (hās) m (Urdu spelling هاس)

1. laughter, merriment, ridicule
2. a joke

   Synonyms: मज़ाक़ (mazāq), परिहास (parihās)

Declension

Declension of हास (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हास hās	हास hās
oblique	हास hās	हासों hāsõ
vocative	हास hās	हासो hāso

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हास”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “हास”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হাস (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
• হাস (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• ဟာသ (Burmese script)
• હાસ (Gujarati script)
• ਹਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಹಾಸ (Kannada script)
• ហាស (Khmer script)
• ຫາສ (Lao script)
• ഹാസ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
• ହାସ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
• හාස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
• ஹாஸ (Tamil script)
• హాస (Telugu script)
• หาส (Thai script)
• ཧཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of the root हस् (has).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɑː.sɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

हास • (hāsa) stem, m

1. laughing, laughter, mirth
2. mocking, derision
3. a jest, joke, fun
4. dazzling whiteness (regarded as laughter in which the teeth are shown)
5. pride, arrogance

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हास (hāsa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हासः hāsaḥ	हासौ / हासा¹ hāsau / hāsā¹	हासाः / हासासः¹ hāsāḥ / hāsāsaḥ¹
Vocative	हास hāsa	हासौ / हासा¹ hāsau / hāsā¹	हासाः / हासासः¹ hāsāḥ / hāsāsaḥ¹
Accusative	हासम् hāsam	हासौ / हासा¹ hāsau / hāsā¹	हासान् hāsān
Instrumental	हासेन hāsena	हासाभ्याम् hāsābhyām	हासैः / हासेभिः¹ hāsaiḥ / hāsebhiḥ¹
Dative	हासाय hāsāya	हासाभ्याम् hāsābhyām	हासेभ्यः hāsebhyaḥ
Ablative	हासात् hāsāt	हासाभ्याम् hāsābhyām	हासेभ्यः hāsebhyaḥ
Genitive	हासस्य hāsasya	हासयोः hāsayoḥ	हासानाम् hāsānām
Locative	हासे hāse	हासयोः hāsayoḥ	हासेषु hāseṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: hāsa
  • → Burmese: ဟာသ (hasa.)
  • → Khmer: ហាស (haasaʼ)
• → Hindi: हास (hās) (learned)
• → Kannada: ಹಾಸ (hāsa) (learned)
• → Telugu: హాసము (hāsamu) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1294.