Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Armenian ասլի (asli), from Arabic أَصْلِيّ (ʔaṣliyy).

Adjective

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ասլի (asli)

  1. (dialectal, Moks, of plants) taken root
    ասլի որթasli ortʻvine which has taken root

References

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  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “ասլի”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 235b
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “ասլի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 105a

Middle Armenian

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Etymology

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From Arabic أَصْلِيّ (ʔaṣliyy), possibly via one of its descendants.

Adjective

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ասլի (asli)

  1. (of vine) rooted, taken root
  2. noble, pure, true-born
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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ասլի (asli)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ասլի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 269a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Armenian), number 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 89
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ասլի”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 78b