اصالت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَصَالَة (ʔaṣāla, “being rooted; being established”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.sɑː.lat]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [esɒː.læt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	asālat
Iranian reading?	esâlat

Noun

اصالت • (esâlat)

1. genuineness; authenticity
   • 1963, Forugh Farrokhzad, “معشوق من”, in تولدی دیگر [Another Birth]‎^[1]:

     معشوق من
     همچون خداوندی، در معبد نپال
     گوئی از ابتدای وجودش
     بیگانه بوده است
     او
     مردیست از قرون گذشته
     یادآور اصالت زیبائی

     ma'šuq-e man
     hamčon xodâvandi, dar ma'bad-e nepâl
     guyi az ebtedâ-ye vojud-aš
     bigâne bude ast
     mardi-st az qorun-e gozašte
     yâd-âvar-e esâlat-e zibâyi

     My lover
     Like a god in the Nepalese temple
     Seems to have been a stranger
     From the start of his existence
     He
     Is a man from centuries past
     The memorial to beauty's authenticity