پہلا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀳𑀺𑀮 (pahila)), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pratʰila. Cognate to Hindi पहला (pahlā) / Urdu پہلا (pahlā).

Numeral

پہلا • (pahilā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਹਿਲਾ)

  1. first

Urdu
Urdu numbers (edit)
10[a], [b]
 ←  0 ۱
1		 2  → [a], [b], [c] 10  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: ایک (ek)
    Ordinal: پَہْلا (pahlā), اَوَّل (avval)
    Multiplier: اِکْلَوتا (iklautā), واحِد (vāhid)

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-).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pəɦ.lɑː/
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Adjective

پَہْلا • (pahlā) (Hindi spelling पहला)

  1. first
    Synonyms: اوّل (avval), یکم (yakam), نخست (nuxust), اگلا (aglā)

Declension
Declension of پہلا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct پہلا (pahlā) پہلے (pahle) پہلی (pahlī) پہلی (pahlī)
indirect پہلے (pahle) پہلے (pahle) پہلی (pahlī) پہلی (pahlī)
vocative پہلے (pahle) پہلے (pahle) پہلی (pahlī) پہلی (pahlī)

References
  1. 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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