ասլի
Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian ասլի (asli), from Arabic أَصْلِيّ (ʾaṣliyy).
Adjective
ասլի • (asli)
- (dialectal, Moks, of plants) taken root
- ասլի որթ ― asli ortʿ ― vine which has taken root
References
- Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944), “ասլի”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 235b
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “ասլի”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 105a
Middle Armenian
Etymology
From Arabic أَصْلِيّ (ʾaṣliyy), possibly via one of its descendants.
Adjective
ասլի • (asli)
- (of vine) rooted, taken root
- noble, pure, true-born
Related terms
- ասլ (asl)
- ասլիզատէ (aslizatē)
Descendants
- Armenian: ասլի (asli)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ասլի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 269a
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963), “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), issue 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 89
- Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “ասլի”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 78b