اساس

See also: أساس

Azerbaijani

Noun

اساس

1. Arabic spelling of əsas

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَسَاس (ʔasās).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.sɑːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sɑːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sɑːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sɑːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sɔːs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.sɒːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sɔs]

Readings
Classical reading?	asās
Dari reading?	asās
Iranian reading?	asâs
Tajik reading?	asos

• Homophone: اثاث

Noun

Dari	اساس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	асос

اساس • (asâs) (plural اساس‌ها (asâs-hâ))

1. foundation
2. basis
3. base
4. pedestal

Synonyms

• پایه (pâye)

Derived terms

• اساسی (asâsi)
• اساسیون (asâsiyyun)
• بی‌اساس (bi-asâs)
• اساساً (asâsan)
• اساسنامه (asâsnâme)

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian اساس (asās), from Arabic أَسَاس (ʔasās).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.sɑːs/
• Homophone: اَثاث (asās)

Noun

اَساس • (asās) f (Hindi spelling असास)

1. foundation, ground, basis
2. pedestal
3. (chemistry) base

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀲𑁆𑀲 (usāssa), from Sanskrit *ut-śvāsa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʊ.sɑːs/

Noun

اُساس • (usās) m (Hindi spelling उसाँस)

1. breath; breathing, respiration; sigh; groan

Further reading

• “اساس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “اساس”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.