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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic أَوَّلًا (ʔawwalan).
Adverb
اولا • (evvela)
- firstly; to begin with
Descendants
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اولا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 199
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
اولا • (ola)
- third-person singular optative of اولمق (olmak)
Descendants
Etymology 3
Adjective
اولا • (ûlâ)
- Alternative form of اولیٰ (ûlâ)
Etymology 4
Adjective
اولا • (evlâ)
- Alternative form of اولیٰ (evlâ)
Pattani Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *ular, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaʀ, Proto-Austronesian *Sulaʀ. Cognate with Urak Lawoi' อูเลอ (ule), Malay ular.
Pronunciation
Noun
اولا (ula) (Thai spelling อูลา)
- snake
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَوَّلًا (ʔawwalan), from the adverbial accusative of أَوَّل (ʔawwal). By surface analysis, اول (avval) + ـاً (-an).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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awwalan
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Dari reading?
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awwalan
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Iranian reading?
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aw-valan
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Tajik reading?
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avvalan
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Adverb
Dari
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اولا
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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аввалан
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اولاً • (avvalan)
- firstly, first of all (mainly in sequences and enumerations)
Usage notes
- For "first" in the sense of "for the first time," simply use اول (avval) adverbially.
Urdu
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sanskrit उपलक (upalaka).
Noun
اولا • (olā) m (Hindi spelling ओला)
- hailstone
Etymology 2
From Arabic أولاً.
Adverb
اولاً • (avvalan) (Hindi spelling अव्वलन)
- firstly
- Synonyms: نخستین (nuxustīn), اولین (avvalīn)