اصلا

See also: أصلا‎

Khalaj

Adverb

اَصلاً (aslən)

  1. Arabic spelling of aslən (“not at all”)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أَصْلًا‎ (ʔaṣlan).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /aslan/

    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)
    • → Khalaj: aslən

    Urdu

    Etymology

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

    Adverb

    اصلا • (aslan) (Hindi spelling अस्लन)

    1. actually, genuinely, radically
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