اول

See also: أؤل‎ and أول‎

Arabic

Verb

اُولُ • (ūlu) (form I)

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

Bulgar

Alternative forms

• آول‎

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ogul.

Noun

اَول (awıl or awul)

1. (Volga Bulgar) son

Derived terms

• اَوْلِ‎ (awlı)

Descendants

• Chuvash: ывӑл (yvăl)

References

• 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

Alternative forms

• او‎ (u)

Pronoun

اول (ul)

1. he, she, it

Declension

Declension of Chagatai personal pronouns

	singular					plural
	1st person	2nd person		3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
		familiar	polite
nominative	من‎ (män)	سن‎ (sän)	سیز‎ (siz)	اول, او‎ (ul, u)		بیز‎ (biz)	سیزلار‎ (sizlär)	اولار‎, الار‎ (ular, alar)
genitive	منينک‎ (meniñ)	سنينک‎ (seniñ)	سیزنينک‎ (sizniñ)	اونينک‎, انينک‎ (uniñ, aniñ)		بیزنينک‎ (bizniñ)	سیزلارنينک‎ (sizlärniñ)	اولارنينک‎ (ularniñ)
dative	منکا‎, مانکا‎ (maña)	سنکا‎, سانکا‎ (saña)	سیزکە‎ (sizgä)	اولارغە انکا‎ (ularğa aña)		بیزکا‎ (bizgä)	سیزلارکا‎ (sizlärgä)	اولارغە‎ (ularğa)
accusative	منی‎ (meni)	سنی‎ (seni)	سیزنی‎ (sizni)	انی‎ (ani)		بیزنی‎ (bizni)	سیزلارنی‎ (sizlärni)	اولارنی‎ (ularni)
locative	مندە‎ (mändä)	سندە‎ (sändä)	سیزدە‎ (sizdä)	اونينکدە‎, اندا‎, انينکدە‎ (uniñda, anda, aniñda)		بیزدە‎ (bizdä)	سیزلاردە‎ (sizlärdä)	اولاردە‎ (ularda)
ablative	مندين‎ (mändin)	سندين‎ (sändin)	سیزدين‎ (sizdin)	اونينکدين‎, اندين‎, انينکدين‎ (uniñdin, andin, aniñdin)		بیزدين‎ (bizdin)	سیزلاردين‎ (sizlärdin)	اولاردين‎ (ulardin)

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔæˈwːɪl/

Adjective

أول‎ • (ʾawwel)

1. first

Synonyms

• اولانى‎

Kashmiri

Etymology

From Sanskrit आलय (ālaya).

Noun

اول • (ōl) m (plural ٲلؠ‎, Devanagari ओल, Sharada 𑆏𑆬𑇀)

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

Khalaj

Adjective

اَوَّل (əvvəl)

1. Arabic spelling of əvvəl (“first”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• او‎ (o)

Pronoun

اول • (ol)

1. (demonstrative) he, she, it
   • 16th ce., Tiryâkî Hasan Paşa, Gazavât-ı Tiryâkî:

     ‏امدی بندن قاپودانه سلام ایله اول دخی قراللاروڭوره خبر ایده‎‎

     İmdi benden kapudana selam eyle, ol dahı krallaruñuza haber ede

     Now go and give your captain my regards, may he inform your kings too

Declension

declension of اول

	singular (مفرد‎)	plural (جمع‎)
nominative	اول (ol)	آنلر‎ (anlar)
genitive	انیك‎ (anıñ)	انلاریڭ‎ (anlarıñ)
dative	اڭا‎ (aña)	انلارا‎ (anlara)
definite accusative	آنی‎ (anı)	انلاری‎ (anları)
locative	اندا‎ (anda)	انلاردا‎ (anlarda)
ablative	اندان‎ (andan)	انلاردان‎ (anlardan)

Descendants

• Turkish: o

See also

• بو‎ (bu)
• شو‎ (şu)
• شول‎ (şol)

References

• 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

From Arabic أَوَّل‎ (ʔawwal).

Adjective

اول • (evvel)

1. first
2. old

Derived terms

• اولكی‎ (evvelki)

Descendants

• Turkish: evvel

Noun

اول • (evvel)

1. beginning

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “اول”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 199
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “evvel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أَوَّل‎ (ʔawwal).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /awˈwal/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /awˈwal/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /æˈvæl/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /avˈval/

Adverb

Dari	اول
Iranian Persian
Tajik	аввал (avval)

اَوَّل • (avval)

1. first, firstly

   Synonyms: اَوَّلاً‎ (avvalan), اَوَّلین‎ (avvalin), نُخُسْت‎ (noxost)

Numeral

Persian numbers ^(edit)

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

اول • (avval)

1. first

   Synonyms: یِکُم‎ (yekom), نُخُسْت‎ (noxost)

Descendants

• Hindustani: avval

  → Hindi: अव्वल (avval)

  → Urdu: اَوَّل‎

Urdu

Urdu numbers ^(edit)

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

اَوَّل • (avval)

1. first

   Synonym: پہلا‎ (pahlā)

2. foremost, primary
3. first-class, excellent, highest

Noun

اَوَّل • (avval) m

1. beginning, first or early part

References

• “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.