اساس

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See also: أساس

Azerbaijani

Noun

اساس

  1. Arabic spelling of əsas

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَسَاس (ʔasās).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? asās
Dari reading? asās
Iranian reading? asâs
Tajik reading? asos

Noun

Dari اساس
Iranian Persian
Tajik асос

اساس (asâs) (plural اساس‌ها (asâs-hâ))

  1. foundation
  2. basis
  3. base
  4. pedestal

Synonyms

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian اساس (asās), from Arabic أَسَاس (ʔasās).

Pronunciation

Noun

اَساس (asāsf (Hindi spelling असास)

  1. foundation, ground, basis
  2. pedestal
  3. (chemistry) base

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀲𑁆𑀲 (usāssa), from Sanskrit *ut-śvāsa.

Pronunciation

Noun

اُساس (usāsm (Hindi spelling उसाँस)

  1. breath; breathing, respiration; sigh; groan

Further reading

  • اساس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “اساس”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.