पहला

Hindi
Hindi numbers (edit)
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    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-).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pəɦ.lɑː/, [pɛɦ.l̪äː]

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. 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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