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Persian
Etymology
From یک (yek, “one”) + ـم (-om, “-th, -st (ordinal number suffix)”).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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yakum
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| Dari reading?
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yakum
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| Iranian reading?
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yekom
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| Tajik reading?
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yakum
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Adjective
یکم • (yekom)
- (in compounds) first
- بیست و یکم ― bist o yekom ― twenty-first
- (archaic or rare) first
Usage notes
اول (avval) is the standard word for "first" in modern Persian. Compound numbers, however, are always formed with یکم (yekom).
Synonyms
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian یکم (yakum).
Pronunciation
Noun
یَکُم • (yakum) m (Hindi spelling यकुम) (indeclinable)
- first day of the month
Adjective
یکم • (yakam)
- first
- Synonyms: پہلا (pahlā), اول (avval), نخست (nuxust)
References
- “یکم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “یکم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.