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
 ←  0 ۱
1		 2  → [a], [b], [c] 10  → 
    Cardinal: ایک‎
    Ordinal: پہلا, اوّل‎
    Multiplier: اکلوتا‎, واحد‎

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/

Adjective

پہلا • (pahlā) (Hindi spelling पहला)

  1. first

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)

Synonyms

References
  1. L. A. Schwarzschild (1962), “'First,' 'Second' and 'Third' in Middle Indo-Aryan”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎, volume 82, issue 4, American Oriental Society, pages 517-522
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