पहला

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पहला

/pəɦ.lɑː/ Hindi, Standard
[pɛʱ.läː] Hindi, Standard

Where it comes from

Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa पहिल (pahila), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀳𑀺𑀮 (pahila), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀣𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*prathilla). Sanskrit प्रथम (prathamá, “first”) was reanalysed as having an ordinal suffix -म (-ma), which was replaced by Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮- (-illa-). Also cognate to now-obsolete Classical Persian فَرْدُم (fardum, “first”). Doublet of प्रथम (pratham) and फ़र्दुम (fardum).

adjective pahlā · پہلا · पहला · पहले · पहली

numeral, ordinal first
Similar: प्रथम, फ़र्दुम

In English

first numeral first — see also 1st
former first of aforementioned two items

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MLA

"पहला." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

पहला. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE

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"पहला." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {पहला},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}