اولی

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See also: اولي, أولي, and أولى

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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From او (ev, house) +‎ ـلی (li, lı, possessive particle).

Adjective

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اولی (evli)

  1. Alternative form of اولو (evli)

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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From اول (evvel) +‎ ـی (, nisba suffix).

Adjective

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اولی (evvelî)

  1. pertaining to what is first; primitive; original
Descendants
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  • Turkish: evveli

Further reading

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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Arabic أُولَى (ʔūlā).

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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اولیٰ (ûlâ)

  1. Arabic feminine of اول (evvel)
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Further reading

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Etymology 4

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Borrowed from Arabic أَوْلَى (ʔawlā), elative of وَلِيّ (waliyy).

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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اولیٰ (evlâ)

  1. worthier
Descendants
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Further reading

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Etymology 5

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Borrowed from Arabic أُولِي (ʔulī).

Noun

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اولی (üli, uli)

  1. Arabic oblique of اولو (ülu, ulu)

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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From اول (avval) +‎ ـی (-i).

Alternative forms

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  • اوّلی (avvali) (with a shadda)

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? awwalī
Dari reading? awwalī
Iranian reading? awvali
Tajik reading? avvali

Adjective

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Dari اولی
Iranian Persian
Tajik аввалӣ

اولی (avvali)

  1. the former, the first

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic أُولَى (ʔūlā).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ūlā
Dari reading? ūlā
Iranian reading? ulâ
Tajik reading? ulo

Adjective

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Dari اولی
Iranian Persian
Tajik уло

اولیٰ (ulâ)

  1. Arabic feminine of اول (avval, first)

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Arabic أَوْلَى (ʔawlā), elative of وَلِيّ (waliyy).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? awlā
Dari reading? awlā
Iranian reading? owlâ
Tajik reading? avlo

Noun

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Dari اولی
Iranian Persian
Tajik авло

اولیٰ (owlâ)

  1. worthier

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from Arabic أُولِي (ʔulī).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ulī
Dari reading? ulī
Iranian reading? oli
Tajik reading? uli

Noun

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Dari اولی
Iranian Persian
Tajik улӣ

اولی (oli, uli)

  1. Arabic oblique of اولو (olu, ulu)

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Urdu

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic أُولَى (ʔūlā).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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اولیٰ (ūlā) (Hindi spelling ऊला)

  1. Arabic feminine of اول (avval, first)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic أَوْلَى (ʔawlā), elative of وَلِيّ (waliyy).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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اولیٰ (aulā) (Hindi spelling ओला)

  1. better; best; superior, excellent
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Arabic أُولِي (ʔulī).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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اولی (ulī) (Hindi spelling ऊली)

  1. Arabic oblique of اولو (ulū)

Further reading

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  • Platts, John T. (1884) “اولی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.