दरअसल

Hindi

Alternative forms

• दरअस्ल (daraasla)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دراصل (dar asl, “essentially, substantially, actually”), from در (dar, “at, in”) + اصل (asl). Equivalent to दर (dar) +‎ असल (asal).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ɾə.səl/, [d̪ɐ.ɾɐ.sɐl]

Adverb

दरअसल • (darasal) (Urdu spelling دراصل)

1. actually, truly

   दरअसल वह अमरीका में पैदा हुआ था।

   daraasal vah amrīkā mẽ paidā huā thā.

   Actually he was born in America.

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “दरअसल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha