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ասլի

ասլի

Armenian

Adjective

ասլի (asli) (superlative ամենաասլի)

  1. (dialectal, Moks, of plants) taken root
    ասլի որթasli ortʿ ― vine which has taken root

Declension

References

  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944), ասլի”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 235b
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), ասլի”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 105a

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Arabic أَصْلِيّ (ʾaṣliyy), possibly via one of its descendants.

Adjective

ասլի (asli)

  1. (of vine) rooted, taken root
  2. noble, pure, true-born

Related terms

  • ասլ (asl)
  • ասլիզատէ (aslizatē)

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), ասլի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 269a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963), “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), issue 4, page 89
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), ասլի”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 78b