ասլի

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ասլի (asli), from Arabic أَصْلِيّ (ʔaṣliyy).

Adjective

ասլի • (asli)

1. (dialectal, Moks, of plants) taken root

   ասլի որթ ― asli ortʻ ― vine which has taken root

References

• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “ասլի”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 235b
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “ասլի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 105a

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Arabic أَصْلِيّ (ʔaṣliyy), possibly via one of its descendants.

Adjective

ասլի • (asli)

1. (of vine) rooted, taken root
2. noble, pure, true-born

Related terms

• ասլ (asl)
• ասլիզատէ (aslizatē)

Descendants

• Armenian: ասլի (asli)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ասլի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 269a
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎^[1] (in Armenian), number 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 89
• Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “ասլի”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 78b