Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَصْل (asl). Compare Assamese আচল (asol), Bengali আসল (aśol), Malayalam അസൽ (asal, original document), Punjabi ਅਸਲ (asal), Tamil அசல் (acal).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.səl/, [ɐ.sɐl]

Adjective edit

असल (asl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اصل)

  1. Synonym of असली (aslī)

Noun edit

असल (asl? (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اصل)

  1. foundation, basis
    Synonyms: जड़ (jaṛ), बुनियाद (buniyād)
  2. reality, actuality

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “असल”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]

Nepali edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): [ʌsʌl]

Adjective edit

असल (asal) (indeclinable)

  1. good (of quality or characters)