asal

See also: asàl, Asal, and asål

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish asar.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧sal

Verb

asal

to roast, especially a whole animal

Noun

asal

roasting; the act by which something is roasted

Derived terms

Garo

Etymology

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Noun

asal

manure

Indonesian

Etymology

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Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl)bor.

Malay asal

Indonesian asal

Inherited from Malay asal, borrowed from Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl). Doublet of asli

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.sal/
Rhymes: -sal
Hyphenation: a‧sal

Noun

asal

origin
1. the beginning of something
2. the source of a river, information, goods, etc.

Preposition

asal

if (on the condition that)
Synonyms: asalkan, apabila, jika, kalau

Adverb

asal

(uncommon) from the beginning; from the start
Synonym: semula

Adjective

asal (colloquial)

careless (not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes)

Derived terms

Irish

Irish Wikipedia has an article on:

asal

Wikipedia ^ga

Alternative forms

aiseal

Etymology

From Middle Irish asal, from Latin asellus (“small or young donkey”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑsˠəlˠ/^[2]^[3], /ˈasˠəlˠ/^[4]^[5]; /ˈɑsˠəl̪ˠ/^[6], /ˈasˠəl̪ˠ/^[7], (Cois Fharraige) [ˈaːsˠəl̪ˠ]^[8]

Noun

asal m (genitive singular asail, nominative plural asail)

ass, donkey
láir asail ― female donkey

searrach asail ― donkey’s foal

stail asail ― male donkey

Declension

Declension of asal (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	asal	asail
vocative	a asail	a asala
genitive	asail	asal
dative	asal	asail asalaibh (archaic)

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an t-asal	na hasail
genitive	an asail	na n-asal
dative	leis an asal don asal	leis na hasail

Mutation

Mutated forms of *asal*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
asal	n-asal	hasal	t-asal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “asal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 11
^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925), Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎^[1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 2, page 5
^ de Búrca, Seán (1958), The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 45, page 13
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 129, page 49
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 184, page 92
^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947), The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 48, page 12
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975), The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 334, page 64

Javanese

Noun

asal

origin

Malay

Etymology 1

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Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl)bor.

Malay asal

Borrowed from Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl). doublet of asli. Sense of interrogation extended from conjunction with overlap from elision of apa pasal or apasal from apa (“what”) +‎ pasal (“cause, subject”).

Noun

asal (Jawi spelling اصل, plural asal-usul)

origin, source
Synonyms: pangkal, punca
genealogy, descent, ancestry
Synonyms: keturunan, salasilah, silsilah

Adjective

asal (Jawi spelling اصل, comparative lebih asal, superlative paling asal)

original state or condition.
Tulang buku tu saya dah baiki sedekat keadaan asalnya yang mungkin.
I've fixed the book's spine as close to its original condition as possible.
native, indigenous to a place.
Orang asal tempat tu dah lama tuntut wang pampasan tanah adat, tapi berapa kali rayu pun kerajaan tak peduli.
The natives have long asked for compensation over their customary lands, but the government don't even care a single plead.

Derived terms

Related terms

asli

Conjunction

asal

as long as, only if, provided that, providing
Synonyms: asalkan, selagi, selama

Descendants

Indonesian: asal
→ Ternate: asal

Etymology 2

Syncopic form of apasal or apesal, or contraction of apa pasal.

Adverb

asal

(colloquial) alternative form of apa pasal
Alternative forms: sal (apheresis), asl (abbreviation)

Asal kau makan makanan aku?
Why did you eat my food?

References

Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “اصلي açal”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 10
Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “اصلي asal”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 17
Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “asal”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 48

Mansaka

Noun

asal

ancestry; lineage

Romani

Alternative forms

assal, hasal

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰas-

Sanskrit हस् (has)

Sanskrit हसति (hasati)

Prakrit 𑀳𑀲𑀇 (hasaï)

Apabhramsa हसइ (hasaï)

Romani asal

Inherited from Apabhramsa हसइ (hasaï), from Prakrit 𑀳𑀲𑀇 (hasaï), from Sanskrit हसति (hásati).^[1]^[2] Cognate with Hindi हँसना (hãsnā).

Verb

asal

(intransitive) to laugh^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
Sosqe asan manθar? ― Why are they laughing at me?

References

More information

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “asál¹”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 11a
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[2], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 27, 36, 40
^ Marcel Courthiade (2009), “as/al, -àndilo¹ ÷ -àndilǎs¹ ≈ àjas²³”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 65b
^ Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “asal (asanilǎs / asandǎs)”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 146b

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

aiseal

Etymology

From Middle Irish asal, from Latin asellus (“small or young donkey”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈas̪al̪ˠ/

Noun

asal m (genitive singular asail, plural asalan)

donkey, ass

Derived terms

asal-stiallach (“zebra”)

Mutation

Mutation of *asal*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
asal	n-asal	h-asal	t-asal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit आचार (ācāra, “conduct; custom; practice”). Compare Malay cara.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔasal/ [ˈʔaː.sɐl]
Rhymes: -asal
Syllabification: a‧sal

Noun

asal (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜎ᜔)

conduct; behavior
Synonyms: gawi, kilos, ugali, asta
(obsolete) custom
Synonyms: gawi, kaugalian
(obsolete) ancient rites and ceremonies
(obsolete) skill that one has in something that he does
(obsolete) maternal status

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish asar (“roast”), from Latin assāre. Possible doublet of asar.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsal/ [ʔɐˈsal]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: a‧sal

Noun

asál (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜎ᜔)

(uncommon) roasting (of food, etc.)
Synonyms: ihaw, letson, (Laguna, Batangas, Quezon) bangi
(dialectal, Quezon) roasting of fish using a spit or skewer

Derived terms

Related terms

Anagrams

laas, alsa, alas, sala, lasa

Ternate

Etymology

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Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl)bor.

Malay asalbor.

Ternate asal

Borrowed from Malay asal, borrowed from Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [a.ˈsal]

Noun

asal

origin

References

Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Adjective

asal

Synonyms

esasi

Turkmen

Other scripts
Latin	asal‍
Cyrillic	асал‍
Arabic	عسل

Alternative forms

hesel

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (asal), from Arabic عَسَل (ʕasal).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑˈθɑɫ/
Hyphenation: a‧sal

Noun

asal (definite accusative asaly, plural asallar)

honey
Synonym: bal

Declension

Declension of *asal*
	singular	plural
nominative	asal	asallar
accusative	asaly	asallary
genitive	asalyň	asallaryň
dative	asala	asallara
locative	asalda	asallarda
ablative	asaldan	asallardan

Uzbek

Uzbek Wikipedia has an article on:

asal

Wikipedia ^uz

Other scripts
Arabic	Afghan Uzbek
Arabic	Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic		асал‍
Latin		‍

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَسَل (ʕasal).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧sal

Noun

asal (plural asallar)

honey

Declension

Declension of *asal*
	singular	plural
nominative	asal	asallar
genitive	asalning	asallarning
dative	asalga	asallarga
definite accusative	asalni	asallarni
locative	asalda	asallarda
ablative	asaldan	asallardan
similative	asaldek	asallardek

Possessive forms of *asal*
1^st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	asalim	asallarim
genitive	asalimning	asallarimning
dative	asalimga	asallarimga
definite accusative	asalimni	asallarimni
locative	asalimda	asallarimda
ablative	asalimdan	asallarimdan
similative	asalimdek	asallarimdek

2^nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	asaling	asallaring
genitive	asalingning	asallaringning
dative	asalingga	asallaringga
definite accusative	asalingni	asallaringni
locative	asalingda	asallaringda
ablative	asalingdan	asallaringdan
similative	asalingdek	asallaringdek

3^rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	asali	asallari
genitive	asalining	asallarining
dative	asaliga	asallariga
definite accusative	asalini	asallarini
locative	asalida	asallarida
ablative	asalidan	asallaridan
similative	asalidek	asallaridek

1^st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	asalimiz	asallarimiz
genitive	asalimizning	asallarimizning
dative	asalimizga	asallarimizga
definite accusative	asalimizni	asallarimizni
locative	asalimizda	asallarimizda
ablative	asalimizdan	asallarimizdan
similative	asalimizdek	asallarimizdek

2^nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	asalingiz	asallaringiz
genitive	asalingizning	asallaringizning
dative	asalingizga	asallaringizga
definite accusative	asalingizni	asallaringizni
locative	asalingizda	asallaringizda
ablative	asalingizdan	asallaringizdan
similative	asalingizdek	asallaringizdek

3^rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	asali	asallari
genitive	asalining	asallarining
dative	asaliga	asallariga
definite accusative	asalini	asallarini
locative	asalida	asallarida
ablative	asalidan	asallaridan
similative	asalidek	asallaridek

West Makian

Etymology

From Indonesian asal, from Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.s̪al̪/

Noun

asal

the contents or topic (of something)

References

Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[6], Pacific linguistics

[1] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “asal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[2] Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 11

[3] Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925), Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎^[1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 2, page 5

[4] Búrca, Seán (1958), The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 45, page 13

[5] Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 129, page 49

[6] Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 184, page 92

[7] Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947), The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 48, page 12

[8] Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975), The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 334, page 64

[bi-9] 1.0 ^1.1 Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “asál¹”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 11a

[m-10] 2.0 ^2.1 Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[2], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 27, 36, 40

[11] Marcel Courthiade (2009), “as/al, -àndilo¹ ÷ -àndilǎs¹ ≈ àjas²³”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 65b

[12] Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “asal (asanilǎs / asandǎs)”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 146b

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Cebuano

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Noun

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Garo

Etymology

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Indonesian

Etymology

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Noun

Preposition

Adverb

Adjective

Derived terms

Further reading

Irish

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Noun

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Mutation

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Further reading

Javanese

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Malay

Etymology 1

Noun

Adjective

Derived terms

Related terms

Conjunction

Descendants

Etymology 2

Adverb

References

Further reading

Mansaka

Noun

Romani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Verb

References

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Ternate

Etymology

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Noun

References

Turkish

Adjective

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Turkmen