ललित

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit ललित (lalita).

Proper noun

ललित • (lalit) m

(Indian classical music) a raga, played during the 4th prahara of the night or throughout the चतुर्मास, in the Purvi thaat

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ললিত (Assamese script)
ᬮᬮᬶᬢ (Balinese script)
ললিত (Bengali script)
𑰩𑰩𑰰𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀮𑀮𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
လလိတ (Burmese script)
લલિત (Gujarati script)
ਲਲਿਤ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌲𑌲𑌿𑌤 (Grantha script)
ꦭꦭꦶꦠ (Javanese script)
𑂪𑂪𑂱𑂞 (Kaithi script)
ಲಲಿತ (Kannada script)
លលិត (Khmer script)
ລລິຕ (Lao script)
ലലിത (Malayalam script)
ᠯᠠᠯᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘩𑘩𑘱𑘝 (Modi script)
ᠯᠠᠯᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧉𑧉𑧒𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
𑐮𑐮𑐶𑐟 (Newa script)
ଲଲିତ (Odia script)
ꢭꢭꢶꢡ (Saurashtra script)
𑆬𑆬𑆴𑆠 (Sharada script)
𑖩𑖩𑖰𑖝 (Siddham script)
ලලිත (Sinhalese script)
𑩽𑩽𑩑𑩫 (Soyombo script)
𑚥𑚥𑚮𑚙 (Takri script)
லலித (Tamil script)
లలిత (Telugu script)
ลลิต (Thai script)
ལ་ལི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
𑒪𑒪𑒱𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
𑨬𑨬𑨁𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐ.li.tɐ/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ɐ.l̪i.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

ललित • (lalita)

sported, played, playing, wanton, amorous, voluptuous.
artless, innocent, soft, gentle, charming, lovely.
wished for, desired.
quivering, tremulous.

Proper noun

ललित • (lalita) stem, ?

Name of Durga.

Descendants

Prakrit:
- → Malayalam: ലളിതം (laḷitaṁ)
→ Telugu: లలిత (lalita)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “ललित”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0897.

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