আসল

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَصْل (asl), borrowed from Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /aʃol/, [ˈaʃol]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /aʃol/, [ˈaʃol]

Adjective

আসল • (aśol) (comparative আরও আসল, superlative সবচেয়ে আসল)

1. real, genuine, true

   Synonyms: প্রকৃত (prokrito), আদত (adot)

   Antonym: নকল (nokol)

2. actual

Noun

আসল • (aśol) (comparative আরও আসল, superlative সবচেয়ে আসল)

1. reality, fact, truth
2. (finance) principal

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative	আসল (aśol)
objective	আসল / আসলকে (aśol (semantically general or indefinite) / aśolke (semantically definite))
genitive	আসলের (aśoler)
locative	আসলে (aśole)
definite forms
	singular	plural
nominative	আসলটা , আসলটি (aśolṭa (colloquial), aśolṭi (formal))	আসলগুলা, আসলগুলো (aśolgula (colloquial), aśolgulo (formal))
objective	আসলটা, আসলটি (aśolṭa (colloquial), aśolṭi (formal))	আসলগুলা, আসলগুলো (aśolgula (colloquial), aśolgulo (formal))
genitive	আসলটার, আসলটির (aśolṭar (colloquial), aśolṭir (formal))	আসলগুলার, আসলগুলোর (aśolgular (colloquial), aśolgulor (formal))
locative	আসলটাতে / আসলটায়, আসলটিতে (aśolṭate / aśolṭay (colloquial), aśolṭite (formal))	আসলগুলাতে / আসলগুলায়, আসলগুলোতে (aśolgulate / aśolgulay (colloquial), aśolgulote (formal))
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “আসল”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, আসল, Government of Bangladesh