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اصالت

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic أَصَالَة (ʔaṣāla, being rooted; being established).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? asālat
Dari reading? asālat
Iranian reading? esâlat
Tajik reading? asolat

Noun

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اصالت (esâlat)

  1. genuineness; authenticity
    • 1963, Forugh Farrokhzad, “معشوق من”, in تولدی دیگر [Another Birth]‎[1]:
      معشوق من
      همچون خداوندی، در معبد نپال
      گوئی از ابتدای وجودش
      بیگانه بوده است
      او
      مردیست از قرون گذشته
      یادآور اصالت زیبائی
      ma'šuq-e man
      hamčon xodâvandi, dar ma'bad-e nepâl
      guyi az ebtedâ-ye vojud-aš
      bigâne bude ast
      mardi-st az qorun-e gozašte
      yâd-âvar-e esâlat-e zibâyi
      My lover
      Like a god in the Nepalese temple
      Seems to have been a stranger
      From the start of his existence
      He
      Is a man from centuries past
      The memorial to beauty's authenticity