أولا

See also: اولا

Arabic

Root
ء و ل (ʔ-w-l)

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of أَوَّل (ʔawwal, “first”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaw.wa.lan/

Adverb

أَوَّلًا • (ʔawwalan)

1. firstly

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: əvvələn, əvvəla
• → Chagatai: اولا
  • Uzbek: avvalan
• → Ottoman Turkish: اولا
  • Turkish: evvela
• → Classical Persian: اَوَّلًا (awwalan)
  • Dari: اَوَّلاً (awwalan)
  • Iranian Persian: اولاً (avvalan)
  • Tajik: аввалан (avvalan)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ء و ل
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَوَّلًا (ʔawwalan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaw.wa.lan/, [ˈʔaw.wa.lan]

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Adverb

أوّلًا • (ʔawwalan)

1. firstly, first of all

   Synonym: أوّل إشي (ʔawwal ʔiši)

   Antonyms: بالآخر (bil-ʔāḵer), أخيرا (ʔaḵīran)

See also

• أوّل (ʔawwal, “first; beginning”)