اصلی

See also: اصلي, أصلى, and أصلي

Persian

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Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl)

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic أَصْلِيّ (ʔaṣliyy)bor.

Persian اصلی

Borrowed from Arabic أَصْلِيّ (ʔaṣliyy), from أَصْل (ʔaṣl) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔas.ˈliː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.liː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.liː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.liː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.li]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæs.liː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.li]

Readings
Classical reading?	aslī
Dari reading?	aslī
Iranian reading?	asli
Tajik reading?	asli

Adjective

اصلی • (aslī / asli) (comparative اصلی‌تَر, superlative اصلی‌تَرین, Tajik spelling аслӣ)

1. main, principal
2. original (proceeding all others)

   Synonym: اصل (asl)

3. fundamental, basic (serving as a foundation)

   Synonyms: بنیادی (bunyādī / bonyâdi), پایه‌ای (pāya-ī / pâye-i), اساسی (asāsī / asâsi)

   1. intrinsic, inherent
   2. essential, key (important)
4. true, real

   Synonyms: حقیقی (haqīqī / haġiġi), واقعی (wāqi'ī / vâġe'i)

Descendants

• Tajik: аслӣ (asli)
• → Crimean Tatar: aslı, asliy
• → Gujarati: અસલી (asalī)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: असली (aslī)

  Urdu: اَصْلِی (aslī)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਅਸਲੀ (aslī)

  Shahmukhi script: اَصْلِی (aṣlī)

• → Uzbek: asli, asliy

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “اصلی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “اصلی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “اصلی”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN

Urdu

Etymology

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Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl)

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic أَصْلِيّ (ʔaṣliyy)bor.

Classical Persian اَصْلِی (aslī)bor.

Urdu اصلی

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَصْلِی (aslī), borrowed from Arabic أَصْلِيّ (ʔaṣliyy), from أَصْل (ʔaṣl) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective

اصلی • (aslī) (Hindi spelling असली)

1. original
2. fundamental
3. basic
4. innate
5. essential
6. real
7. true
8. genuine
9. native
10. pure
11. authentic, intrinsic, primal, primary, primeval, primordial, radical, ultimate, unadulterated, unfeigned, veritable, virtual

Noun

اصلی • (aslī) ?

1. actual, primitive

Related terms

• اصل (asl)