అసలు

Telugu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /asalu/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl). Compare Assamese আচল (asol), Bengali আসল (aśol), Malayalam അസൽ (asal, “original document”), Punjabi ਅਸਲ (asal).

Adjective

అసలు • (asalu)

1. original, principal, excellent, real, genuine, actual, legitimate

Noun

అసలు • (asalu) ? (plural అసళ్ళు)

1. the capital sum, principal (as opposed to the interest)

Adverb

అసలు • (asalu)

1. really, absolutely, actually
2. (in negative constructions) at all

   అసలు నేను సారా తాగను. ― asalu nēnu sārā tāganu. ― I do not drink liquor at all.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil அசறு (acaṟu, “mud, mire”), அயம் (ayam, “id”).

Noun

అసలు • (asalu) ? (plural అసళ్ళు)

1. mud, mire

References

• "అసలు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 41
• "అసలు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 102