یکم

Persian

Etymology

From یک (yek, “one”) +‎ ـم (-om, “-th, -st (ordinal number suffix)”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ja.ˈkum]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jä.kʰʊ́m]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jä.kʰʊ́m]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jä.kʰʊ́m]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jä.kʰúm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [je.kʰóm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jä.kʰúm]

Readings
Classical reading?	yakum
Iranian reading?	yekom
Tajik reading?	yakum

Adjective

یکم • (yekom)

1. (in compounds) first

   بیست و یکم ― bist o yekom ― twenty-first

2. (archaic or rare) first

Usage notes

اول (avval) is the standard word for "first" in modern Persian. Compound numbers, however, are always formed with یکم (yekom).

Synonyms

• اول (avval)
• نخست (noxost)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یکم (yakum).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jə.kʊm/
• Rhymes: -ʊm

Noun

یَکُم • (yakum) m (Hindi spelling यकुम) (indeclinable)

1. first day of the month

Adjective

یکم • (yakam)

1. first

   Synonyms: پہلا (pahlā), اول (avval), نخست (nuxust)

References

• “یکم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “یکم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.