أولى

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See also: اولی, اولي, and أولي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

Compare وَلِيَ (waliya, to be near, to govern).

Pronunciation

Verb

أَوْلَى (ʔawlā) IV, non-past يُولِي‎ (yūlī)

  1. (ditransitive) to entrust to
Conjugation
References
  • Mace, John (2007) “أولى”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

Etymology 2

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

Elative from وَلِيّ (waliyy, near).

Pronunciation

Adjective

أَوْلَى (ʔawlā) (feminine وُلْيَا (wulyā), masculine dual أَوْلَيَان (ʔawlayān), feminine dual وُلْيَيَان (wulyayān), masculine plural أَوْلَوْن (ʔawlawn) or أَوَالٍ (ʔawālin), feminine plural وُلْيَيَات (wulyayāt) or وُلًى (wulan))

  1. elative degree of وَلِيّ (waliyy):
    1. nearer; nearest
  2. worthier; worthiest
  3. more appropriate; most appropriate
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: اولیٰ (evlâ)
  • Persian: اولیٰ (owlâ)
  • Urdu: اولیٰ (aulā)
  • Uzbek: avlo
References

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Adjective

أُولَى (ʔūlāf

  1. feminine singular of أَوَّل (ʔawwal)

Noun

أُولَى (ʔūlāf

  1. (singular only, with the definite article, Islam) Synonym of دُنْيَا (dunyā)
    Synonym: دُنْيَا (dunyā)
    Antonym: آخِرَة (ʔāḵira)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:70:
      لَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ فِي ٱلْأُولَى وَٱلْآخِرَة
      lahu l-ḥamdu fī l-ʔūlā wa-l-ʔāḵira
      To Him all praise on Earth and in the Hereafter.
Declension

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Pronoun

أُولَى (ʾulāc pl

  1. these; alternative form of أُولَاءِ (ʔulāʔi)
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Verb

أُولَى (ʔūlā) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of وَلِيَ (waliya)
  2. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of وَلِيَ (waliya)