اصلا

See also: أصلا

Khalaj

Adverb

اَصلاً (aslən)

1. Arabic spelling of aslən (“not at all”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَصْلًا (ʔaṣlan).

Adverb

اصلاً • (aslen)

1. originally
2. essentially

Descendants

• Turkish: aslen

Adverb

اصلا • (asla)

1. never, not at all

Descendants

• Turkish: asla

See also

• آصلان (aslan, “lion”)

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “asla”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “aslan 2”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اصلا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 102b

Persian

Alternative forms

• اصن (asan) (colloquial, Tehran)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَصْلًا (ʔaṣlan).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔas.lan], [ ʔas.lɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.län], [ ʔäs.lɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.län], [ ʔäs.lɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.län], [ ʔäs.lɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.län], [ ʔäs.lɔː]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæs.læn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæs.læn]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.sæn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.lɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	aslan, aslā
Dari reading?	aslan, aslā
Iranian reading?	aslan
Tajik reading?	aslo

Adverb

Dari	اصلا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	асло

اصلاً or اصلا • (aslan or aslâ)

1. (with a negated verb) not at all

   Synonyms: به هیچ وجه (be hêč vajh), حاشا و کلا (hâšâ va kallâ), به هیچ روی (be hêč rôy)

   • 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]."

     (adapted from the Reynold A. Nicholson translation)

2. originally

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: əsla
• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: اصلاً (aslan)

• → Khalaj: aslən
• → Uzbek: aslo
• → Uyghur: ئەسلا (esla)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اصلاً (aslan), from Arabic أَصْلًا (ʔaṣlan).

Adverb

اصلا • (aslan) (Hindi spelling असलन)

1. actually, genuinely, radically