అసలు

Telugu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /asalu/

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

అసలు • (asalu)

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

Noun

అసలు • (asalu) n (plural అసళ్లు)

  1. (finance) the capital sum, principal (as opposed to the interest)
    Synonyms: మొదలు (modalu), మూలము (mūlamu)

Adverb

అసలు • (asalu)

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

Etymology 2

Cognate with Tamil அசறு (acaṟu, “mud, mire”), அயம் (ayam, “id”).[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

అసలు • (asalu) n (plural అసళ్ళు)

  1. mud, mire

References

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