اولا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic أَوَّلًا (ʔawwalan).

Adverb

اولا • (evvela)

firstly; to begin with

Related terms

اول (evvel, “first”)

Descendants

Turkish: evvela

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اولا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 199
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

اولا • (ola)

third-person singular optative of اولمق (olmak)

Descendants

Turkish: ola

Etymology 3

Adjective

اولا • (ûlâ)

Alternative form of اولیٰ (ûlâ)

Etymology 4

Adjective

اولا • (evlâ)

Alternative form of اولیٰ (evlâ)

Pattani Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ular, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaʀ, Proto-Austronesian *Sulaʀ. Cognate with Urak Lawoi' อูเลอ (ule), Malay ular.

Noun

اولا (ula) (Thai spelling อูลา)

snake

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَوَّلًا (ʔawwalan), from the adverbial accusative of أَوَّل (ʔawwal). By surface analysis, (avval) +‎ (-an).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaw.wa.ˈlan]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.wä.lǽn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.wä.lǽn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.wä.lǽn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [æw.væ.ˈlæn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.vä.lǽn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	awwalan
Dari reading^?	awwalan
Iranian reading^?	aw-valan
Tajik reading^?	avvalan

Adverb


Iranian Persian	اولا
Dari	اولا
Tajik	аввалан

اولاً • (avvalan)

firstly, first of all (mainly in sequences and enumerations)

Usage notes

For "first" in the sense of "for the first time," simply use (avval) adverbially.

Urdu

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /oː.lɑː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit उपलक (upalaka).

Noun

اولا • (olā) m (Hindi spelling ओला)

hailstone

Etymology 2

From Arabic أولاً.

Adverb

اولاً • (avvalan) (Hindi spelling अव्वलन)

firstly
Synonyms: نخستین (nuxustīn), اولین (avvalīn)