اصول

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أُصُول (ʔuṣūl), plural of Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl).

Noun

اصول • (usul)

1. plural of اصل (asl, asıl): origins, roots, principles
2. system

Descendants

• Turkish: usul
• → Armenian: ուսուլ (usul)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اصول”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 104a
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “usul”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic أُصُول (ʔuṣūl), plural of Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʊ.suːl/

Noun

اصول • (usūl) m (Hindi spelling उसूल)

1. plural of اصل (asl)
2. principles
3. maxim
4. law, mot, motto, rule