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From Proto-Turkic *ogul.

اَول (awıl or awul)

  1. (Volga Bulgar) son
    اَحرَج اَوْلِ اَبحُمِ اَولِ اَرشِ اَولِ مَحمُود زِيَارَةِ كُ ― Ahraç awlı Abhumi awlı Arşı awlı Mahmûd ziyâreti kü. ― This is the memorial of Ahraç's son Abhumi's son Arshy's son Mahmud.
  • Róna-Tas, András (1976) “A Volga Bulgarıan Inscription from 1307”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae‎[1] (in Bulgar), volume 30, number 2, pages 153–186
  • Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 158, 182-183

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اول (uul)

  1. (anatomy) belly
  • Sadaf Munshi (2015) “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project‎[3].
  • Bechtholdt, Astrid (2025) “اول”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

اول (ul)

  1. he, she, it

Declension of Chagatai personal pronouns

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
familiar polite
nominative من
(män) 		سن
(sän) 		سیز
(siz) 		اول, او
(ul, u) 		بیز
(biz) 		سیزلار
(sizlär) 		اولار, الار
(ular, alar)
genitive منينک
(meniñ) 		سنينک
(seniñ) 		سیزنينک
(sizniñ) 		اونينک, انينک
(uniñ, aniñ) 		بیزنينک
(bizniñ) 		سیزلارنينک
(sizlärniñ) 		اولارنينک
(ularniñ)
dative منکا, مانکا
(maña) 		سنکا, سانکا
(saña) 		سیزکە
(sizgä) 		اولارغە انکا
(ularğa aña) 		بیزکا
(bizgä) 		سیزلارکا
(sizlärgä) 		اولارغە
(ularğa)
accusative منی
(meni) 		سنی
(seni) 		سیزنی
(sizni) 		انی
(ani) 		بیزنی
(bizni) 		سیزلارنی
(sizlärni) 		اولارنی
(ularni)
locative مندە
(mändä) 		سندە
(sändä) 		سیزدە
(sizdä) 		اونينکدە, اندا, انينکدە
(uniñda, anda, aniñda) 		بیزدە
(bizdä) 		سیزلاردە
(sizlärdä) 		اولاردە
(ularda)
ablative مندين
(mändin) 		سندين
(sändin) 		سیزدين
(sizdin) 		اونينکدين, اندين, انينکدين
(uniñdin, andin, aniñdin) 		بیزدين
(bizdin) 		سیزلاردين
(sizlärdin) 		اولاردين
(ulardin)

اول • (awwil) (feminine اولى (ūla), masculine plural اوايل (awāyil))

  1. Alternative spelling of أول

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑆄𑆬𑆪 (ālaya).[1]

اول • (ōl) m (plural ٲلؠ, Devanagari ओल, Sharada 𑆏𑆬𑇀)

  1. nest
  2. a recess in a wall used as a shelf
  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ālaya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 62

اَوَّل (əvvəl)

  1. Arabic spelling of əvvəl (“first”)

Old Anatolian Turkish

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ol, whence also آنْ (an).

اُولْ (ol)

  1. that, over there

    اول كون بر قیامت صواش اولدی

    ol gün bir qıyāmät savaş oldı
    that day an apocalyptic war occured

اُولْ (ol)

  1. he, she, it (third person singular pronoun)

Reflexives of the merger with آنْ (an):

  • Azerbaijani: o
  • Gagauz: o
  • Ottoman Turkish: او (o), (early) اول (ol)
    • Turkish: o

Borrowed from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).

أَوَّل (ʔävväl)

  1. first
  2. previous

أَوَّل (ʔävväl)

  1. before

From Proto-Turkic *o-l (“that”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰆𐰞 (ol), Karakhanid اُلْ (ol), Kazakh ол (ol), etc.

اول • (ol)

  1. (demonstrative) he, she, it
Declension of اول
singular plural
nominative اول (ol) آنلر (anlar)
genitive انیك (anıñ) انلاریڭ (anlarıñ)
dative اڭا (aña) انلارا (anlara)
definite accusative آنی (anı) انلاری (anları)
locative اندا (anda) انلاردا (anlarda)
ablative اندان (andan) انلاردان (anlardan)
  • Turkish: o
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “او”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[5], Constantinople: Mihran, page 167
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) Linguarum orientalium Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae institutiones seu Grammatica Turcica in qua orthographia, etymologia, syntaxis, prosodia, et reliqua eò spectantia exacte tractantur, exemplisque perspicuis illustrantur et cuius singulis capitubus praecepta linguarum Arabicae et Persicae subjiciuntur‎[6], Vienna, page 146
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “او”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 232
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اول”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 265

From Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).

اول • (evvel)

  1. first
  2. old

اول • (evvel)

  1. beginning

Borrowed from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).

Readings
Classical reading? awwal
Dari reading? awwal
Iranian reading? avval
Tajik reading? avval
Dari اول
Iranian Persian
Tajik аввал

اَوَّل • (avval)

  1. first, firstly
    Synonyms: اَوَّلاً (avvalan), اَوَّلین (avvalin), نُخُسْت (noxost)
Persian numbers (edit)
10
۱
1 		2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: یک (yek)
    Ordinal: اَوَّل (avval)

اول • (avval)

  1. first
    Synonyms: یِکُم (yekom), نُخُسْت (noxost)
Urdu numbers (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)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَوَّل (awwal), from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).

اَوَّل • (avval) (Hindi spelling अव्वल)

  1. first
    Synonyms: پہلا (pahlā), یکم (yakam), نخست (nuxust)
  2. foremost, primary
    Synonyms: نخستین (nuxustīn), اولین (avvalīn), اولاً (avvalan)
  3. first-class, excellent, highest

اَوَّل • (avval) m (Hindi spelling अव्वल)

  1. beginning, first or early part
  • “اول”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “اول”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.