نخست

See also: نخشب and نحسب

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian nxwst (naxwist, “first”). Cognate to Northern Kurdish nexrî ('first-born') and akin to Old Armenian նախ (nax), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

نخست • (noxost)

1. first

Synonyms

• اول (avval)
• یکم (yekom)

Derived terms

• نخستین (noxostin)
• نخستی (noxosti)

Adverb

1. at first

Synonyms

• اول (avval)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نخست”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul