اصول

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أُصُول (ʔuṣūl), plural of Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl).

Noun

اصول • (usul)

  1. plural of اصل (asl, asıl): origins, roots, principles
  2. system

Descendants

  • Turkish: usul
  • Armenian: ուսուլ (usul), ուսուլով (usulov)

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اصول”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 104a
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “usul”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic أُصُول (ʔuṣūl), plural of Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl).

Pronunciation

Noun

اصول • (usūlm (Hindi spelling उसूल)

  1. plural of اصل (asl)
  2. principles
  3. maxim
  4. law, mot, motto, rule