اصلا
See also: أصلا
Khalaj
Adverb
اَصلاً (aslən)
- Arabic spelling of aslən (“not at all”)
Persian
Etymology
From Arabic أَصْلًا (ʾaṣlan).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /aslan/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /aslan/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /æslæn/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /aslan/
Adverb
اصلا • (aslan)
- (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]."
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- originally
Descendants
- → Hindustani:
- Urdu: اصلاً (aslan)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian اصلاً, from Arabic أَصْلًا (ʾaṣlan).
Adverb
اصلا • (aslan) (Hindi spelling अस्लन)
- actually, genuinely, radically