As a Hindi name
हास्य · masculine
laughter; laughing; mirth; jest
हास्य
laughable; ridiculous; to be laughed at
Śabdasāgara also records: हँसने योग्य । जिसपर लोग हँसें · उपहसनीय । उपहास के योग्य
Platts (p. 1216) also records: (f. -ā), To be laughed at, laughable, ridiculous
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi हास्य — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit हास्य (hāsyá).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
hāsya mfn. to be laughed at, laughable, ridiculous, funny, comical, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
laughing, laughter, mirth (in rhet. one of the 10 Rasas or of the 8 Sthāyi-bhāvas, qq.vv.), Yājñ.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
to be laughed at, laughable, ridiculous, funny, comical, &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
hāsya mfn. to be laughed at, laughable, ridiculous, funny, comical, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
laughing, laughter, mirth (in rhet. one of the 10 Rasas or of the 8 Sthāyi-bhāvas, qq.vv.), Yājñ.; MBh. &c.
jest, fun, amusement, Mn.; MBh. &c.
hāsya a. [has-ṇyat] Laughable, ridiculous; R. 2. 43. — syaṃ 1 Laughter; Y. 1. 84. 2 Mirth, amusement, sport; Ms. 9. 227. 3 Jest, joke. 4 Derision, ridicule. — syaḥ The sentiment of mirth or humour, one of the eight or nine sentiments in poetry; it is thus defined: -vikṛtākāravāgveṣaceṣṭādeḥ kuhakādbhavet . hāsyo hāsasthāyibhāvaḥ (so must the line be read instead of hāso hāsyasthāyibhā vaḥ) śvetaḥ prathatadaivataḥ S. D. 228. Comp. — āspadaṃ a butt (of ridicule), laughing-stock. — padavī, -mārgaḥ ridicule, derision; kruddhairnītastribhuvanajayī hāsyamārgaṃ daśāsyaḥ Vikr. 18. 107. — rasaḥ the sentiment of mirth or humour; see hāsya above.
hāsya mfn. (-syaḥ-syā-syaṃ) Laughable, ridiculous. n. (-syaṃ) Laughter. laughing, mirth. E. hasa to laugh, and ṇyat aff.
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