हर्ष

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हर्ष (harṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦəɾʂ/, [ɦɐɾʃ]

Noun

हर्ष • (harṣ) m

1. joy, pleasure, delight

   Synonyms: प्रसन्नता (prasannatā), ख़ुशी (xuśī)

Declension

Declension of हर्ष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हर्ष harṣ	हर्ष harṣ
oblique	हर्ष harṣ	हर्षों harṣõ
vocative	हर्ष harṣ	हर्षो harṣo

Derived terms

• हर्ष करना (harṣ karnā)

Related terms

• हर्षित (harṣit)

Proper noun

हर्ष • (harṣ) m

1. a male given name, Harsh, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of हर्ष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हर्ष harṣ	हर्ष harṣ
oblique	हर्ष harṣ	हर्षों harṣõ
vocative	हर्ष harṣ	हर्षो harṣo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हर्ष”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হৰ্ষ (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬃᬱ (Balinese script)
• হর্ষ (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰨𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀭𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
• ဟရ္ၑ (Burmese script)
• હર્ષ (Gujarati script)
• ਹਰ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌰𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦂꦰ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂩𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
• ಹರ್ಷ (Kannada script)
• ហឞ៌ (Khmer script)
• ຫຣ຺ຩ (Lao script)
• ഹര്ഷ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠᡵᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘨𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᠷᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧈𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐬𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
• ହର୍ଷ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢬ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆫𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖨𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
• හර්‍ෂ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩼 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஹர்ஷ (Tamil script)
• హర్ష (Telugu script)
• หรฺษ (Thai script)
• ཧ་རྵ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒩𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨫𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root हृष् (hṛṣ, “to be excited”) +‎ -अ (-a). Cognate with Latin horreō, horror, Ancient Greek χέρσος (khérsos, “dry land”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐɾ.ʂɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦɐɾ.ʂɐ/

Noun

हर्ष • (harṣa) stem, m

1. joy, pleasure, happiness
2. bristling, erection (especially of the hair in a thrill of rapture or delight)
3. erection of the sexual organ, sexual excitement, lustfulness
4. ardent desire

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हर्ष

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	हर्षः (harṣaḥ)	हर्षौ (harṣau) हर्षा¹ (harṣā¹)	हर्षाः (harṣāḥ) हर्षासः¹ (harṣāsaḥ¹)
accusative	हर्षम् (harṣam)	हर्षौ (harṣau) हर्षा¹ (harṣā¹)	हर्षान् (harṣān)
instrumental	हर्षेण (harṣeṇa)	हर्षाभ्याम् (harṣābhyām)	हर्षैः (harṣaiḥ) हर्षेभिः¹ (harṣebhiḥ¹)
dative	हर्षाय (harṣāya)	हर्षाभ्याम् (harṣābhyām)	हर्षेभ्यः (harṣebhyaḥ)
ablative	हर्षात् (harṣāt)	हर्षाभ्याम् (harṣābhyām)	हर्षेभ्यः (harṣebhyaḥ)
genitive	हर्षस्य (harṣasya)	हर्षयोः (harṣayoḥ)	हर्षाणाम् (harṣāṇām)
locative	हर्षे (harṣe)	हर्षयोः (harṣayoḥ)	हर्षेषु (harṣeṣu)
vocative	हर्ष (harṣa)	हर्षौ (harṣau) हर्षा¹ (harṣā¹)	हर्षाः (harṣāḥ) हर्षासः¹ (harṣāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Tamil: ஹர்ஷம் (harṣam)
• → Hindi: हर्ष (harṣ)
• → Old Javanese: harṣa

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हर्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1292.