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, excellent, real, genuine, actual, legitimate

Noun

అసలు • (asalu) ? (plural అసళ్ళు)

  1. the capital sum, principal (as opposed to the interest)

Adverb

అసలు • (asalu)

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

Etymology 2

(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

అసలు • (asalu) ? (plural అసళ్ళు)

  1. mud, mire

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