Urdu

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Etymology

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Cognate with Southern Hindko اپڑا (apṛā) and Punjabi اپݨا (apṇā).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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اَپْنا (apnā) (Hindi spelling अपना)

  1. reflexive pronoun: oneself, yourself

Declension

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Declension of اپنا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct اپنا (apnā) اپنے (apne) اپنی (apnī) اپنی (apnī)
indirect اپنے (apne) اپنے (apne) اپنی (apnī) اپنی (apnī)
vocative اپنے (apne) اپنے (apne) اپنی (apnī) اپنی (apnī)

Further reading

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  • اپنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • اپنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اپنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.