یکم
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Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From یک (yek, “one”) + ـم (-om, “-th, -st (ordinal number suffix)”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ja.ˈkum]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [je.kʰóm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [jä.kʰúm]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | yakum |
Dari reading? | yakum |
Iranian reading? | yekom |
Tajik reading? | yakum |
Adjective
[edit]یکم • (yekom)
- (colloquial or in compounds) first
- Synonym: اول (avval)
- بیست و یکم ― bist o yekom ― twenty-first
Usage notes
[edit]- اول (avval) is the standard word for "first" in modern Persian. Compound numbers, however, are always formed with یکم (yekom). یکم (yekom) is also used colloquially instead of اول (avval) in many dialects.
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian یکم (yakum).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /jə.kʊm/
- Rhymes: -ʊm
Noun
[edit]یَکُم • (yakum) m (Hindi spelling यकुम) (indeclinable)
Adjective
[edit]یکم • (yakam)
References
[edit]Categories:
- Persian terms suffixed with ـم
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian lemmas
- Persian adjectives
- Persian colloquialisms
- Persian terms with usage examples
- Urdu terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Urdu terms derived from Classical Persian
- Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Urdu/ʊm
- Rhymes:Urdu/ʊm/2 syllables
- Urdu lemmas
- Urdu nouns
- Urdu masculine nouns
- Urdu adjectives