any of large, flesh-eating, lizardlike crocodilian reptiles of Crocodylinae sub-family living in or around tropical streams and having thick, horny skin composed of scales and plates, a long tail, and a long, narrow, triangular head with massive jaws; a crocodile.

= ಆಲಸ2 - 3.

want of health; sickness.

a lazy, indolent man.

weariness caused by mental or bodily labour; fatigue.

the condition or quality of being tiresome, wearisome, boring; tedium; boredom.

(dance) expression of the lethargic feeling, as one of the thirty three minor sentiments.

ಆಲಸ್ಯಂ ಅಮೃತಂ ವಿಷಂ ālasyam a mřtam viṣam (sent.) idleness is the root of all evils; ಆಲಸ್ಯದವನಿಗೆ ಎರಡು ಕೆಲಸ, ಲೋಭಿಗೆ ಮೂರು ಖರ್ಚು ālasyadavanige eraḍu kelasa, lōbhige mūru kharcu idle folks have the most labour.