हास्यhāsya

हास्य (hāsya) is a Sanskrit word meaning laughable, ridiculous, or comical, laughing, laughter, or mirth, jest, fun, amusement, laughable or ridiculous, laughter, mirth, jest, amusement, ridicule, or derision, see page 1168. Its 20 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Laughable, Ridiculous, Comical, Laughter, Mirth, Jest, Fun, Amusement, Sport.

Root
हस् (has)
Etymology
E. हस to laugh, and ण्यत् aff
Definitions
20
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Meanings by context

Laughable, Ridiculous, Comical

9 definitions
Laughable, ridiculous, or comical.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Laughable, ridiculous

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Laughable or ridiculous. 2. Laughter, jest, joke, fun, or amusement.

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Laughable or ridiculous. 2. Laughter or mirth.

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Laughable

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Laughable or ridiculous. 2. Laughter or mirth. 3. Ridicule or derision.

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Ridiculous. 2. Laughter, laughing, or a joke.

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. To be laughed at. 2. Laughter or ridicule.

Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Laughable or ridiculous. 2. Laughter, mirth, jest, amusement, ridicule, or derision.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Laughter, Mirth

4 definitions
Laughing, laughter, or mirth

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Laughter

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Laughter or mirth. 2. Laughable.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Laughter. 2. Mirth or amusement. 3. Ridicule or derision.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jest, Fun, Amusement, Sport

3 definitions
jest, fun, amusement

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Mirth, amusement, sport

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jest, joke

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ridicule, Derision

2 definitions
Derision or ridicule.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ridicule, derision

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aesthetic Sentiment (Rasa) of Humor

1 definition
The sentiment of mirth or humor in poetry.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cross-reference

1 definition
See page 1168

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.