# अरस
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ə.ɾəs/, [ɐ.ɾɐs]

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अरस (arasá). By surface analysis, अ- (a-) +‎ रस (ras).

#### Adjective

अरस • (aras) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اَرَس)
* sapless, tasteless, insipid
* dull, uninteresting

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Possibly through Braj अरस (aras).

#### Noun

अरस • (aras) m (Urdu spelling اَرَس)
* Alternative form of अलस (alas, “languor, sloth, laziness”)

##### Declension
#### Noun

अरस • (aras) m (Urdu spelling اَرَس)
* Alternative form of अर्श (arś, “roof; sky; heaven”)

##### Declension
### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अरस”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* Platts, John T. (1884) “अरस”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अरस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* “अरस”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অৰস (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬭᬲ (Balinese script)
* অরস (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰨𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀭𑀲 (Brahmi script)
* အရသ (Burmese script)
* અરસ (Gujarati script)
* ਅਰਸ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌰𑌸 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦫꦱ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂩𑂮 (Kaithi script)
* ಅರಸ (Kannada script)
* អរស (Khmer script)
* ອຣສ (Lao script)
* അരസ (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᡵᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘨𑘭 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠷᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧈𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐬𑐳 (Newa script)
* ଅରସ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢬꢱ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆫𑆱 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖨𑖭 (Siddham script)
* අරස (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩼𑪁 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚤𑚨 (Takri script)
* அரஸ (Tamil script)
* అరస (Telugu script)
* อรส (Thai script)
* ཨ་ར་ས (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒩𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨫𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From अ- (a-, negative prefix) +‎ रस (rása, “sap, elixir, semen; charm, delight, taste, pleasure”). Later Vedic अलस (alasá, “lazy, tired”) is a corruption of this term.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ.ɾɐ.sɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɐ.ɾɐ.s̪ɐ/

### Adjective

अरस • (arasá) stem
* sapless, tasteless, insipid
* weak, having no strength, inefficacious, impotent
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.191.16:कुषुम्भकस्तदब्रवीद्गिरेः प्रवर्तमानकः। वृश्चिकस्य्आरसं विषम्अरसं वृश्चिक ते विषम्॥kuṣumbhakastadabravīdgireḥ pravartamānakaḥ. vṛścikasyārasaṃ viṣamarasaṃ vṛścika te viṣam.Appearing forth from the mountain's side the poison-insect said: "The scorpion's venom is weak. O Scorpion, your venom is weak."
* dull, uninteresting
* not having the sense of taste
* unhappy

#### Descendants

* Pali: arasa
* Prakrit: 𑀅𑀭𑀲 (arasa)
* → Hindi: अरस (aras) (learned)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “अरस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 87.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “arasa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अरस”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “अरस”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “arasa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press