asli

From Malay asli, from Arabic أَصْلِيّ (ʔaṣliyy).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈasli/ [ˈas.li]
• Rhymes: -asli
• Syllabification: as‧li

asli (comparative lebih asli, superlative paling asli)

1. original

   Antonyms: salinan, turunan

2. pure

   Synonyms: tulen, murni

   Antonym: campuran

3. native: Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported

   Antonym: peranakan

4. nature: The innate characteristics of a thing. What something will tend by its own constitution, to be or do. Distinct from what might be expected or intended

asli (plural asli-asli)

1. origin

   Synonym: asal

• “asli” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Arabic أَصْلِيّ (ʔaṣliyy). Doublet of asal and asali.

• IPA^(key): /ˈasli/ [ˈas.li]
• Hyphenation: as‧li

asli (Jawi spelling اصلي)

1. Original or natural.

   Antonym: tiruan

   perisa asli ― original flavour

   getah asli ― natural rubber

2. Indigenous or native to a place.

   Antonyms: asing, mendatang

   orang asli ― indigenous person

• asal

• Indonesian: asli
• → Ternate: asli (“origin”)

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “اصلي açli”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 10
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “اصلي asali”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 17
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “asli”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 50

• “asli” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Malay asli (“original”), from Arabic أَصْلِيّ (ʔaṣliyy).

• IPA^(key): [ˈasli]
• Rhymes: -i

asli

1. origin

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh, page 29

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اصلی (aslî), from Arabic أَصْلِيّ (ʔaṣliyy). By surface analysis, asıl (“origin”) +‎ -i (nisba suffix).

asli

1. real, authentic, genuine