أصلا

See also: اصلاً and اصلا

Arabic

Root
ء ص ل (ʔ-ṣ-l)

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of أَصْل (ʔaṣl, “origin, original”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔasˤ.lan/

Adverb

أَصْلًا • (ʔaṣlan)

originally
أَنَا أَصْلًا مِنْ بَغْداد.
ʔanā ʔaṣlan min baḡdād.
I’m originally from Baghdad.
at all; in the first place
لِماذَا فَعَلْتَ ذٰلِكَ أَصْلًا؟
limāḏā faʕalta ḏālika ʔaṣlan?
Why did you do that in the first place?
anyway
خُذْهُ، لَا أُرِيدُهُ أَصْلًا.
ḵuḏhu, lā ʔurīduhu ʔaṣlan.
Take it, I don’t want it anyway.

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: əsla
→ Persian: اصلاً (aslan)
- → Hindustani:
  Urdu: اصلاً (aslan)
- → Khalaj: aslən
→ Ottoman Turkish: اصلاً (aslan)
- Turkish: aslen
→ Uzbek: aslan

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