అసలు
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Telugu[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl). Compare Assamese আচল (asol), Bengali আসল (aśol), Malayalam അസൽ (asal, “original document”), Punjabi ਅਸਲ (asal).
Adjective[edit]
అసలు • (asalu)
Noun[edit]
అసలు • (asalu) ? (plural అసళ్ళు)
- the capital sum, principal (as opposed to the interest)
Adverb[edit]
అసలు • (asalu)
- really, absolutely, actually
- (in negative constructions) at all
- అసలు నేను సారా తాగను. ― asalu nēnu sārā tāganu. ― I do not drink liquor at all.
Etymology 2[edit]
(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[edit]
అసలు • (asalu) ? (plural అసళ్ళు)
References[edit]
- "అసలు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 41
- "అసలు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 102
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 41, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.