అసలు

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Telugu

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /asalu/

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl). Compare Assamese আচল (asol), Bengali আসল (aśol), Malayalam അസൽ (asal, original document), Punjabi ਅਸਲ (asal).

Adjective

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అసలు (asalu)

  1. original, principal, excellent, real, genuine, actual, legitimate

Noun

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అసలు (asalu? (plural అసళ్ళు)

  1. the capital sum, principal (as opposed to the interest)

Adverb

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అసలు (asalu)

  1. really, absolutely, actually
  2. (in negative constructions) at all
    అసలు నేను సారా తాగను.asalu nēnu sārā tāganu.I do not drink liquor at all.

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil அசறு (acaṟu, mud, mire), அயம் (ayam, id).[1]

Noun

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అసలు (asalu? (plural అసళ్ళు)

  1. mud, mire

References

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  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “41”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.