No. 90 in Persian

اول

"اول" means "first."

In a sentence

اول به کلاس رفتم.
Firstly, I went to the class.
Here, "اول" is used as an adverb indicating sequence, meaning "firstly" or "at first".
اولِ هفته به گردش می‌رویم.
At the beginning of the week, we will go on an excursion.
In this sentence, "اول" shows a temporal context as part of the compound phrase "اولِ هفته", meaning "the beginning of the week".
اولین بار است که به این شهر آمده‌ام.
It is the first time I have come to this city.
"اول" is integrated into the adjective "اولین", indicating an ordinal number, meaning "the first".

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