یکم

Persian

Etymology

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

Adjective

یکم • (yekom)

1. (rare or archaic) first
2. (in compounds) first

   بیست و یکم ― bist o yekom ― twenty-first

Usage notes

اول (avval) is the standard word for "first" in modern Persian. Compound numbers, however, are always formed with یکم (yekom).

Synonyms

• اول (avval)
• نخست (noxost)

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian یکم (yekom).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jə.kʊm/
• Rhymes: -ʊm

Noun

یَکُم • (yakum) m (Hindi spelling यकुम) (indeclinable)

1. first day of the month

References

• “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, 2024.