# आलस्य
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आलस्य (ā́lasya). Doublet of आलस (ālas).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɑː.ləs.jᵊ/, [äː.lɐs.jᵊ]

### Noun

आलस्य • (ālasya) m (formal)
* laziness, sloth, lethargy
    Synonyms: आलस (ālas), सुस्ती (sustī)

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* আলস্য (Assamese script)
* ᬆᬮᬲ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
* আলস্য (Bengali script)
* 𑰁𑰩𑰭𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀆𑀮𑀲𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* အာလသျ (Burmese script)
* આલસ્ય (Gujarati script)
* ਆਲਸ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌆𑌲𑌸𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦴꦭꦱꦾ (Javanese script)
* 𑂄𑂪𑂮𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ಆಲಸ್ಯ (Kannada script)
* អាលស្យ (Khmer script)
* ອາລສ຺ຍ (Lao script)
* ആലസ്യ (Malayalam script)
* ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠᠰ᠌ᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘁𑘩𑘭𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠠᢗᠯᠠᠰᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦡𑧉𑧍𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐁𑐮𑐳𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
* ଆଲସ୍ଯ (Odia script)
* ꢃꢭꢱ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆄𑆬𑆱𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖁𑖩𑖭𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
* ආලස්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩛𑩽𑪁 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚁𑚥𑚨𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
* ஆலஸ்ய (Tamil script)
* ఆలస్య (Telugu script)
* อาลสฺย (Thai script)
* ཨཱ་ལ་སྱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒂𑒪𑒮𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨊𑨬𑨰𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Vrddhi derivative of अलस (alasá) with a -य (-ya) extension.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɑ́ː.lɐs.jɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɑːˈl̪ɐs̪.jɐ/

### Noun

आलस्य • (ā́lasya) stem, n
* idleness, laziness

#### Descendants

* Pali: ālassa
* Prakrit: 𑀆𑀮𑀲𑁆𑀲 (ālassa)
** Helu Prakrit:
*** >? Dhivehi: ލަސް (las)
*** Sinhalese: ලැස් (læs)
** Magadhi Prakrit:
*** Early Assamese: আলাস (alaso)
**** Assamese: এলাহ (elah)
*** Odia: ଆଳସ (āḷasa)
*** Maithili:
    Devanagari script: आलस (ālas)
    Tirhuta script: 𑒂𑒪𑒮 (ālasa)
** Maharastri Prakrit:
*** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: आळस (āḷasa), आळोस (āḷosa)
    Modi script: 𑘁𑘯𑘭 (āḷasa), 𑘁𑘯𑘻𑘭 (āḷosa)
**** Marathi: आळस (āḷas)
** Paisaci Prakrit:
*** Takka Apabhramsa:
**** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਆਲਸ (ālas)
    Shahmukhi script: آلَس (ālas)
**** →? Sindhi:
    Arabic script: آلسُ
    Devanagari script: आलिसु
*** Vracada Apabhramsa:
**** Sindhi:
    Arabic script: آرسُ
    Devanagari script: आरिसु
** Sauraseni Prakrit:
*** Gurjara Apabhramsa:
**** Gujarati: આળસ (āḷsa)
*** Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
**** Hindustani:
    Hindi: आलस (ālas)
    Urdu: آلَس (ālas)
*** Vaghri: આરસ (āras)
* → Hindi: आलस्य (ālasya) (learned)

### Adjective

आलस्य • (ā́lasya) stem
* idle, lazy, inactive, slothful

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “आलस्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 153, column 3.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “आलस्य”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 175
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ā́lasya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press