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یکم

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Persian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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یکم (yekom)

  1. (colloquial or in compounds) first
    Synonym: اول (avval)
    بیست و یکمbist o yekomtwenty-first

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian یکم (yakum).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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یَکُم (yakumm (Hindi spelling यकुम) (indeclinable)

  1. first day of the month

Adjective

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یکم (yakam)

  1. first
    Synonyms: پہلا (pahlā), اول (avval), نخست (nuxust)

References

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  • 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, 2025.