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aṣl, s.f. Bottom, root, origin, base, foundation; original, source; an essential, a fundamental principle; essence; element, principle; chief thing, main point, original or old state or condition; original or primary signification; original copy (of a work or document); a radical letter (as distinguished from an augmentative); reality, fact, truth; race, stock, lineage; a man of good stock, a thoroughbred gentleman; capital, stock-in-trade, principal;—adj. Radical, original, fundamental, etc.=aṣlī, q.v.:—aṣl ma`ě-sūd, Principal and interest:—aṣl-ě-manẕū`a, s.f. A postulate:—aṣlmeṅ, adv. (=dar aṣl), In fact, in effect, in reality, really, actually; positively, absolutely:—aṣl-nām, s.m. Real name (in contr. to `urf or alias):—aṣl naf`, s.m. Real or clear gain, net profit:—aṣl-o-far`, s.f. Root and branch; cause and effect:—aṣl gěh hai, The fact of the matter is this, etc.
Origin: Arabic