یکم

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Persian

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Etymology

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From یک (yek, one) +‎ ـم (-om, -th, -st (ordinal number suffix)).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? yakum
Dari reading? yakum
Iranian reading? yekom
Tajik reading? yakum

Adjective

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یکم (yekom)

  1. (in compounds) first
    بیست و یکمbist o yekomtwenty-first
  2. (archaic or rare) first

Usage notes

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اول (avval) is the standard word for "first" in modern Persian. Compound numbers, however, are always formed with یکم (yekom).

Synonyms

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian یکم (yakum).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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یَکُم (yakumm (Hindi spelling यकुम) (indeclinable)

  1. first day of the month

Adjective

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یکم (yakam)

  1. first
    Synonyms: پہلا (pahlā), اول (avval), نخست (nuxust)

References

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  • یکم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • یکم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.