ह्रास
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit ह्रास (hrāsa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ɦɾɑːs/, [ɦɾäːs]
Noun
ह्रास • (hrās) m
- lessening, decrease
- diminution, decrement, reduction, decay, decline, deterioration
- deficiency
- decadence, degeneration
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ह्रास hrās |
ह्रास hrās |
| oblique | ह्रास hrās |
ह्रासों hrāsõ |
| vocative | ह्रास hrās |
ह्रासो hrāso |
Derived terms
- ह्रासोन्मुख (hrāsonmukh)
- ह्रासोन्मुखी (hrāsonmukhī)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ह्रास”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “ह्रास”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- হ্ৰাস (Assamese script)
- ᬳ᭄ᬭᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
- হ্রাস (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- ဟြာသ (Burmese script)
- હ્રાસ (Gujarati script)
- ਹ੍ਰਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌹𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
- ꦲꦿꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
- 𑂯𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
- ಹ್ರಾಸ (Kannada script)
- ហ្រាស (Khmer script)
- ຫ຺ຣາສ (Lao script)
- ഹ്രാസ (Malayalam script)
- ᡥᡵᠠ᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘮𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
- ᠾᠷᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧎𑧠𑧈𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
- ହ୍ରାସ (Odia script)
- ꢲ꣄ꢬꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
- හ්රාස (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪂 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚩𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
- ஹ்ராஸ (Tamil script)
- హ్రాస (Telugu script)
- หฺราส (Thai script)
- ཧྲཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨱𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Vṛddhi derivative of *ह्रस (*hrasa), from the root ह्रस् (hras) + -अ (-a).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɦɾɑː.sɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɦɾɑː.s̪ɐ/
Noun
ह्रास • (hrāsa) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ह्रासः (hrāsaḥ) | ह्रासौ (hrāsau) ह्रासा¹ (hrāsā¹) |
ह्रासाः (hrāsāḥ) ह्रासासः¹ (hrāsāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | ह्रासम् (hrāsam) | ह्रासौ (hrāsau) ह्रासा¹ (hrāsā¹) |
ह्रासान् (hrāsān) |
| instrumental | ह्रासेन (hrāsena) | ह्रासाभ्याम् (hrāsābhyām) | ह्रासैः (hrāsaiḥ) ह्रासेभिः¹ (hrāsebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | ह्रासाय (hrāsāya) | ह्रासाभ्याम् (hrāsābhyām) | ह्रासेभ्यः (hrāsebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ह्रासात् (hrāsāt) | ह्रासाभ्याम् (hrāsābhyām) | ह्रासेभ्यः (hrāsebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ह्रासस्य (hrāsasya) | ह्रासयोः (hrāsayoḥ) | ह्रासानाम् (hrāsānām) |
| locative | ह्रासे (hrāse) | ह्रासयोः (hrāsayoḥ) | ह्रासेषु (hrāseṣu) |
| vocative | ह्रास (hrāsa) | ह्रासौ (hrāsau) ह्रासा¹ (hrāsā¹) |
ह्रासाः (hrāsāḥ) ह्रासासः¹ (hrāsāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Hindi: ह्रास (hrās) (learned)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “ह्रास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1307, column 1.