اولا

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic أَوَّلًا (ʔawwalan).

Adverb

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اولا (evvela)

  1. firstly; to begin with
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Descendants
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  • Turkish: evvela

References

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  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اولا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 199
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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اولا (ola)

  1. third-person singular optative of اولمق (olmak)
Descendants
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Etymology 3

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Adjective

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اولا (ûlâ)

  1. Alternative form of اولیٰ (ûlâ)

Etymology 4

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Adjective

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اولا (evlâ)

  1. Alternative form of اولیٰ (evlâ)

Pattani Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *ular, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaʀ, Proto-Austronesian *Sulaʀ. Cognate with Urak Lawoi' อูเลอ (ule), Malay ular.

Noun

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اولا (ula) (Thai spelling อูลา)

  1. snake

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic أَوَّلًا (ʔawwalan), from the adverbial accusative of أَوَّل (ʔawwal). By surface analysis, اول (avval) +‎ ـاً (-an).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? awwalan
Dari reading? awwalan
Iranian reading? aw-valan
Tajik reading? avvalan

Adverb

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Dari اولا
Iranian Persian
Tajik аввалан

اولاً (avvalan)

  1. firstly, first of all (mainly in sequences and enumerations)

Usage notes

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  • For "first" in the sense of "for the first time," simply use اول (avval) adverbially.

Urdu

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Sanskrit उपलक (upalaka).

Noun

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اولا (olām (Hindi spelling ओला)

  1. hailstone

Etymology 2

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From Arabic أولاً.

Adverb

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اولاً (avvalan) (Hindi spelling अव्वलन)

  1. firstly
    Synonyms: نخستین (nuxustīn), اولین (avvalīn)