دراصل

Urdu

Etymology

Univerbation of Classical Persian در اصل (dar asl, “essentially, originally”, literally “in essence, in origin”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ɾəsl/

Adverb

دَراَصل • (darasl) (Hindi spelling दरअसल)

1. in reality, in fact, actually

References

• “دراصل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دراصل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.