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Azerbaijani
Noun
اساس
- Arabic spelling of əsas
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَسَاس (ʔasās).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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asās
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Dari reading?
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asās
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Iranian reading?
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asâs
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Tajik reading?
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asos
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Noun
Dari
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اساس
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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асос
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اساس • (asâs) (plural اساسها (asâs-hâ))
- foundation
- basis
- base
- pedestal
Synonyms
Derived terms
Urdu
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian اساس (asās), from Arabic أَسَاس (ʔasās).
Pronunciation
Noun
اَساس • (asās) f (Hindi spelling असास)
- foundation, ground, basis
- pedestal
- (chemistry) base
Etymology 2
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀲𑁆𑀲 (usāssa), from Sanskrit *ut-śvāsa.
Pronunciation
Noun
اُساس • (usās) m (Hindi spelling उसाँस)
- 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.