अरस

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.ɾəs/, [ɐ.ɾɐs]

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

अरस • (aras) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اَرَس)

1. sapless, tasteless, insipid
2. dull, uninteresting

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

अरस • (aras) m (Urdu spelling اَرَس)

1. Alternative form of अलस (alas, “languor, sloth, laziness”)

अरस • (aras) m (Urdu spelling اَرَس)

1. Alternative form of अर्श (arś, “roof; sky; heaven”)

• 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.

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.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɾɐ.sɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.ɾɐ.s̪ɐ/

अरस • (arasá) stem

1. sapless, tasteless, insipid
2. 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."

3. dull, uninteresting
4. not having the sense of taste
5. unhappy

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

• 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