پہلا
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀳𑀺𑀮 (pahila)), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pratʰila. Cognate to Hindi पहला (pahlā) / Urdu پہلا (pahlā).
Numeral edit
Urdu 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 edit
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 edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pəɦ.lɑː/
Audio (PK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː
Adjective edit
پَہْلا • (pahlā) (Hindi spelling पहला)
Declension edit
| 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) | |