اصلی

See also: اصلي, أصلى, and أصلي

Persian

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

     

    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)
    • Gujarati: અસલી (asalī)
    • Crimean Tatar: asliy, aslı
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: असली (aslī)
      Urdu: اَصْلِی (aslī)
    • 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, 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

  • 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