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وسل

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Etymology

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A corruption of Classical Persian بَصَل (basal), from Arabic بَصَل (baṣal). This corruption involves a lenition from /b/ to /ʋ/ in the word-initial consonant and gemination of the word-medial consonant. Compare Sindhi بَصَرُ (baṣaru).

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Etymologically compare تُھوم (thūm, “garlic”), which is also a root vegetable, and Punjabi وَسَّل (vassal).

Pronunciation 1

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  • IPA(key): /ʋə.sːʊl/
  • Hyphenation: وَ‧سُّل

Noun

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وَسُّل (vassul) m (Devanagari वस्सल, Multani 𑊤𑊥𑊣)[1]

  1. onion

Pronunciation 2

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  • IPA(key): /ʋə.sːəl/
  • Hyphenation: وَ‧سَّل

Noun

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وَسَّل (vassal) m pl

  1. plural of وَسُّل (vassul): onions

References

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  1. ^ سَعْدُاْللّٰہ خان کھیتْرَن ،مُحَمَّد [Sadullah Khan Khetran, Muhammad] (2016), “وصل”, in پَہْلِی وَڈّی سَرائِیکی لُغَت: سَرائِیکی تُوں اُرْدُو [pahlī vaḍḍī sarā'īkī luġat: sarā'īkī tūṉ urdū, The First Comprehensive Saraiki Dictionary: From Saraiki to Urdu] (in Urdu), Multan: بَہَاءْ اُلْدِّین زَکَرِیّا یُونِیوَرْسِٹِی [Bahauddin Zakariya University], page 683, column 2.
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