पहला

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See also: पहेली, पहिलो, पहिला, पहेंलो, पहले, and पहिले

Hindi

Hindi numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 १
1 		2  → [a], [b], [c] 10  → 
    Cardinal: एक (ek)
    Ordinal: पहला (pahlā), पहिला (pahilā), प्रथम (pratham)
    Fractional: पूरा (pūrā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa पहिल (pahila), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀳𑀺𑀮 (pahila), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀣𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*prathilla). Sanskrit प्रथम (prathamá, “first”) was reanalyzed as having an ordinal suffix -म (-ma), which was replaced by Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮- (-illa-).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pəɦ.lɑː/,

Adjective

पहला • (pahlā) (Urdu spelling پہلا) (ordinal number)

  1. first
    Synonym: प्रथम (pratham)

Declension

Declension of पहला (ā-stem)
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct पहला
pahlā 		पहले
pahle 		पहली
pahlī 		पहली
pahlī
oblique पहले
pahle 		पहले
pahle 		पहली
pahlī 		पहली
pahlī
vocative पहले
pahle 		पहले
pahle 		पहली
pahlī 		पहली
pahlī

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prathila”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ L. A. Schwarzschild (1962) “'First,' 'Second' and 'Third' in Middle Indo-Aryan”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎, volume 82, number 4, American Oriental Society, pages 517-522
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