हौसला hauslā

हौसला hausalā hausla: (nm) courage; morale; हौसलेमंद courageous; ~अफ़जाई encouragement; —करना to take courage, to pluck courage; —तोड़ना to throw cold water on, to demoralise, to discourage; हौसले निकालना to have it out; to gratify all one's longings; —पस्त होना to be demoralised.

P حوصله ḥauṣala, vulg. ḥauṣila, ḥauṣla (for A. حوصلة ḥauṣalat, fem.; v.n. fr. حصل 'to be obtained,' &c.), s.m. Stomach, maw; crop, craw; (fig.) capacity; desire, ambition; resolution; spirit, courage: — ḥauṣila-dār, adj. Having a stomach (for); capacious; — ambitious (see ḥauṣila-mand): — ḥauṣila-dārī, s.f. Capacity, &c.: — ḥauṣila-mand, adj. Aspiring, ambitious; — enterprising, bold, daring: — ḥauṣila nikālnā (apnā), To satisfy (one's) ambition; to do one's best: — ḥauṣle-wālā, adj. = ḥauṣila-mand, q.v.: — ʻālī ḥauṣila, adj. Aspiring, high-minded, &c. ( = ḥauṣila-mand): — kam-ḥauṣila, adj. With little or no ambition, or spirit, &c., unambitious.