আসল

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl). Compare Assamese আচল (asol), Hindi असल (asal).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /aʃol/, [ˈaʃol]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /aʃol/, [ˈaʃol]

Adjective

আসল • (aśol) (comparative আরও আসল, superlative সবচেয়ে আসল)

1. real, genuine, true

   Synonym: প্রকৃত (prokrito)

   Antonym: নকল (nokol)

2. actual

Noun

আসল • (aśol) (comparative আরও আসল, superlative সবচেয়ে আসল)

1. reality, fact, truth
2. (finance) principal

Declension

Inflection of আসল
nominative	আসল aśol
objective	আসল / আসলকে aśol (semantically general or indefinite) / aśolke (semantically definite)
genitive	আসলের aśoler
locative	আসলে aśole
	Indefinite forms
nominative	আসল aśol
objective	আসল / আসলকে aśol (semantically general or indefinite) / aśolke (semantically definite)
genitive	আসলের aśoler
locative	আসলে aśole
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	আসলটা , আসলটি aśolṭa (colloquial), aśolṭi (formal)		আসলগুলা, আসলগুলো aśolgula (colloquial), aśolgulo (formal)
objective	আসলটা, আসলটি aśolṭa (colloquial), aśolṭi (formal)		আসলগুলা, আসলগুলো aśolgula (colloquial), aśolgulo (formal)
genitive	আসলটার, আসলটির aśolṭar (colloquial), aśolṭir (formal)		আসলগুলার, আসলগুলোর aśolgular (colloquial), aśolgulor (formal)
locative	আসলটাতে / আসলটায়, আসলটিতে aśolṭate / aśolṭay (colloquial), aśolṭite (formal)		আসলগুলাতে / আসলগুলায়, আসলগুলোতে aśolgulate / aśolgulay (colloquial), aśolgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “আসল”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, আসল, Government of Bangladesh