اساس

See also: أساس

Azerbaijani

Noun

اساس

  1. Arabic spelling of əsas

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَسَاس (ʔasās).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.sɑːs]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔä.sɑːs]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔä.sɔːs]

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
  • اساسی (asâsi)
  • اساسیون (asâsiyyun)
  • بی‌اساس (bi-asâs)
  • اساساً (asâsan)
  • اساسنامه (asâsnâme)

Urdu

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

اَساس • (asās) f (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 • (usās) m (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.
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