أولى

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See also: اولی, اولي, and أولي

Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

Compare وَلِيَ (waliya, to be near, to govern).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

أَوْلَى (ʔawlā) IV, non-past يُولِي‎ (yūlī)

  1. (ditransitive) to entrust to
Conjugation[edit]
References[edit]
  • Mace, John (2007) “أولى”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

Etymology 2[edit]

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

Elative from وَلِيّ (waliyy, near).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

أَوْلَى (ʔawlā) (feminine وُلْيَا (wulyā), masculine dual أَوْلَيَان (ʔawlayān), feminine dual وُلْيَيَان (wulyayān), masculine plural أَوْلَوْن (ʔawlawn) or أَوَالٍ (ʔawālin), feminine plural وُلْيَيَات (wulyayāt) or وُلًى (wulan))

  1. elative degree of وَلِيّ (waliyy):
    1. nearer; nearest
  2. worthier; worthiest
  3. more appropriate; most appropriate
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Ottoman Turkish: اولیٰ (evlâ)
  • Persian: اولیٰ (owlâ)
  • Urdu: اولیٰ (aulā)
  • Uzbek: avlo
References[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

أُولَى (ʔūlāf

  1. feminine singular of أَوَّل (ʔawwal)

Noun[edit]

أُولَى (ʔūlāf

  1. (singular only, with the definite article, Islam) Synonym of دُنْيَا (dunyā)
    Synonym: دُنْيَا (dunyā)
    Antonym: آخِرَة (ʔāḵira)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:70:
      لَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ فِي ٱلْأُولَى وَٱلْآخِرَة
      lahu l-ḥamdu fī l-ʔūlā wa-l-ʔāḵira
      To Him [is due] all praise on Earth and in the Hereafter.
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Etymology 4[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

أُولَى (ʾulāc pl

  1. these; alternative form of أُولَاءِ (ʔulāʔi)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 5[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

أُولَى (ʔūlā) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of وَلِيَ (waliya)
  2. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of وَلِيَ (waliya)