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اصلاً · أَصْلًا — (not) at all; originally

Same meaningProbableadverb · Expressions · everyday

Persian took the Arabic word and kept its meaning.

Arabic

أَصْلًا
aṣlan

/ʔasˤlan/

In Arabic

(not) at all; originally

Persian

اصلاً
aslan

/æslæn/

In Persian

(not) at all; originally

Root
أ ص ل
Pattern
ـًا

Note. With a negative in both languages: aslan nemidānam, lā aʿrifu aṣlan. Persian also uses it for 'basically'.

Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr

Same root أ ص ل