# रस
## Hindi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit रस (rasa), from Sanskrit रस (rása). Doublet of रसम (rasam). Related to आलस (ālas, “laze”).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɾəs/, [ɾɐs]
* Rhymes: -əs

### Noun

रस • (ras) m (Urdu spelling رس)
* gravy, soup, broth
* juice; any liquid
* savour, taste
* (formal) essence
* (literature, drama, dance) rasa: an emotion evoked by literature, drama, or dance

#### Related terms

* अरस (aras)
* आमरस (āmras)
* उरस (uras)
* गोरस (goras)
* निरसा (nirsā)
* रसगुल्ला (rasgullā)
* रसम (rasam)
* रसमलाई (rasamlāī)
* रसा (rasā)
* रसाना (rasānā)
* रसायन (rasāyan, “chemical”)
* रसाल (rasāl)
* रसिक (rasik)
* रसिका (rasikā)
* रसिया (rasiyā)
* रसी (rasī)
* रसीला (rasīlā)
* रसोई (rasoī, “kitchen”)
* विरस (viras)
* सरस (saras)
* सरसाई (sarsāī)

### References

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

## Konkani
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रस (rasa).

### Noun

रस • (ras) m (Latin script ros, Kannada script ರಸ್)
* gravy
* juice

## Marathi
### Etymology

From Sanskrit रस (rasa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾəs/

### Noun

रस • (ras) m
* juice; any liquid
    आंब्याचा रस मला खूप आवडतो.āmbyācā ras malā khūp āvaḍto.I really like mango juice.
* savour, taste
* (formal) essence
* (literature, drama, dance) rasa: an emotion evoked by literature, drama, or dance
* interest
    मला खेळण्यात मुळीच रस नाही आहे.malā kheḷaṇyāt muḷīc ras nāhī āhe.I have no interest in playing.

#### Derived terms

* रसायन (rasāyan, “chemical”)
* रसाळ (rasāḷ, “juicy”)
* रसिक (rasik, “fan”)

## Nepali
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀲 (rasa), from Sanskrit रस (rása).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rʌs]
* Phonetic Devanagari: रस्

### Noun

रस • (ras)
* juice

### References

* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rása”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* rasa (Latin script)
* 𑀭𑀲 (Brahmi script)
* রস (Bengali script)
* රස (Sinhalese script)
* ရသ (Burmese script)
* รส or ระสะ (Thai script)
* ᩁᩈ (Tai Tham script)
* ຣສ or ຣະສະ (Lao script)
* រស (Khmer script)
* 𑄢𑄥 (Chakma script)

### Noun

रस m
* Devanagari script form of rasa (“taste”)

#### Declension
## Prakrit
### Noun

रस (rasa) m (Kannada ರಸ) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī)
* Devanagari script form of 𑀭𑀲 (“juice”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৰস (Assamese script)
* ᬭᬲ (Balinese script)
* রস (Bengali script)
* 𑰨𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀭𑀲 (Brahmi script)
* ရသ (Burmese script)
* રસ (Gujarati script)
* ਰਸ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌰𑌸 (Grantha script)
* ꦫꦱ (Javanese script)
* 𑂩𑂮 (Kaithi script)
* ರಸ (Kannada script)
* រស (Khmer script)
* ຣສ (Lao script)
* രസ (Malayalam script)
* ᡵᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘨𑘭 (Modi script)
* ᠷᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧈𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐬𑐳 (Newa script)
* ରସ (Odia script)
* ꢬꢱ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆫𑆱 (Sharada script)
* 𑖨𑖭 (Siddham script)
* රස (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩼𑪁 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚤𑚨 (Takri script)
* ரஸ (Tamil script)
* రస (Telugu script)
* รส (Thai script)
* ར་ས (Tibetan script)
* 𑒩𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨫𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From रसा (rasā), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂. Compare Latin rōs, Lithuanian rasà.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɾɐ́.sɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɾɐ.s̪ɐ/

### Noun

रस • (rása) stem, m
* (literally) the sap or juice of plants and fruits
* fluid, liquid
* the best or finest or strongest part of anything, its essence or bloom
* taste or the organ of taste, relish or inclination for, desire of
* any object of taste or enjoyment
* pleasure, charm, beauty
* feeling, sentiment, affection
* style, character

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* → English: rasa
* → Konkani: (learned)
** Devanagari script: रस (ras)
** Kannada script: ರಸ್ (ras)
** Latin script: ros
* → Old Javanese: rasa (learned)
** Javanese: ꦫꦱ (rasa)
** → Balinese: ᬭᬲ, ᬭᬲ (rasa, “taste”); ᬭᬵᬣ (rasa, “love”)
* Pali: rasa
** → Burmese: ရသ (ra.sa.) (learned)
** → Khmer: រស (rŭəh) (learned)
** → Lao: ລົດ (lot, “flavour”) (learned)
** → Lü: ᦷᦟᧆ (lod) (learned)
** → Malay: rasa (learned)
*** Indonesian: rasa
** → Thai: รส (rót) (learned)
* Prakrit: रस (rasa)
** Hindustani:
*** Hindi: रस (ras)
*** Urdu: رس
** Marathi: रस (ras)
** Nepali: रस (ras)
** Punjabi: ਰਸ (ras)
* → Malayalam: രസം (rasaṁ)
* → Tamil: ரசம் (racam)
** → English: rasam
* → Telugu: రసము (rasamu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “रस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 869/2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 441-2
* Cappeller, Carl 1891: A Sanskrit-English dictionary, Strassburg.