اصلا

See also: أصلا

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أَصْلًا (ʔaṣlan).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	a
Dari reading?	a
Iranian reading?	e
Tajik reading?	a

Adverb

اصلا • (aslan)

1. (with a negated verb) not at all
   • c. 1260, Rumi, “2:1675”, in The Masnavi:

     ز ان نشان با والد یحیی بگفت، که نیایی تا سه روز اصلا به گفت.

     z-ân nešân bâ vâled-e yahya be-goft, ke nay-âyi tâ se ruz aslan be goft.

     Concerning that [last-mentioned] sign, [God] said to the father of Yahya, "You shall not begin to speak at all until three days [have passed]."

     (adapted from the Reynold A. Nicholson translation)

2. originally

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: اصلاً (aslan)

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian اصلاً, from Arabic أَصْلًا (ʔaṣlan).

Adverb

اصلا • (aslan) (Hindi spelling अस्लन)

1. actually, genuinely, radically