اول

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See also: أؤلand أول

Arabic[edit]

Verb[edit]

اُولُ (ūlu) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of أَلَا(ʔalā)

Bulgar[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *ogul.

Noun[edit]

اَول (awıl or awul)

  1. (Volga Bulgar) son

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Chuvash: ывӑл (yvăl)

References[edit]

  • A Volga Bulgarian Inscription From 1307 A. Róna-tas, page 155 [1]
  • Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 182-183

Chagatai[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

اول (ul)

  1. he, she, it

Declension[edit]

Egyptian Arabic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

أول (ʾawwel)

  1. first

Synonyms[edit]

Kashmiri[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit आलय (ālaya).

Noun[edit]

اول (ōlm (plural ٲلؠ‎, Devanagari ओल, Sharada 𑆏𑆬𑇀)

  1. a nest
  2. a recess in a wall used as a shelf

Khalaj[edit]

Adjective[edit]

اَوَّل (əvvəl)

  1. Arabic spelling of əvvəl (first)

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *o-l (that). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰆𐰞(ol), Karakhanid اُلْ(ol), Kazakh ол (ol), etc.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

اول (ol)

  1. (demonstrative) he, she, it
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Turkish: o

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “او”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 167
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) Linguarum orientalium Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae institutiones seu Grammatica Turcica in qua orthographia, etymologia, syntaxis, prosodia, et reliqua eò spectantia exacte tractantur, exemplisque perspicuis illustrantur et cuius singulis capitubus praecepta linguarum Arabicae et Persicae subjiciuntur[3], Vienna, page 146
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “او”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 232
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اول”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 265

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic أَوَّل(ʔawwal).

Adjective[edit]

اول (evvel)

  1. first
  2. old
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Noun[edit]

اول (evvel)

  1. beginning

References[edit]

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic أَوَّل(ʔawwal).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

Dari اول
Iranian Persian
Tajik аввал (avval)

اَوَّل (avval)

  1. first, firstly
    Synonyms: اَوَّلاً(avvalan), اَوَّلین(avvalin), نُخُسْت(noxost)

Numeral[edit]

Persian numbers (edit)
10
۱
1
2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: یک(yek)
    Ordinal: اَوَّل (avval)

اول (avval)

  1. first
    Synonyms: یِکُم(yekom), نُخُسْت(noxost)

Descendants[edit]

Urdu[edit]

Urdu numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 ۱
1
2  → [a], [b], [c] 10  → 
    Cardinal: ایک
    Ordinal: پہلا‎, اوّل
    Multiplier: اکلوتا‎, واحد

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian اول(avval), from Arabic اَوَّل(awwal).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /əʋː.əl/
  • Rhymes: -əl
  • Hyphenation: اَوْ‧وَل

Adjective[edit]

اَوَّل (avval)

  1. first
    Synonym: پہلا(pahlā)
  2. foremost, primary
  3. first-class, excellent, highest

Noun[edit]

اَوَّل (avvalm

  1. beginning, first or early part

References[edit]

  • اول”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • اول”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.