Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa तुज्झु (tujjhu), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀁 (tujjhaṃ), from Sanskrit तुभ्यम् (tubhyam).

Pronoun

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تجھ (tujh) (Hindi spelling तुझ)

  1. (informal, intimate, contemptuous, possibly vulgar) second-person singular objective personal pronoun: (oblique case) you, thee; Early Modern English thee.
  2. (dialectal, literary, religion) second-person singular objective personal pronoun, intimate or very polite: thee

Determiner

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تجھ (tujhsg (plural تم, Hindi spelling तुझ)

  1. (oblique case) you, thee, Early Modern English thee.

See also

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Urdu personal pronouns
Person Description Direct case Indirect case Ergative case Dative/Accusative case
1st person singular مَیں (ma͠i) مُجھ (mujh) مَیں نے (ma͠i ne) مُجھ کو (mujh ko),

مُجھے (mujhe)

formal (rare) خَاکْسَار (xāksār) خَاکْسَار نے (xāksār ne) خَاکْسَار کو (xāksār ko)
plural ہَم (ham) ہَم نے (ham ne) ہَم کو (ham ko),

ہَمیں (hamẽ)

2nd person informal (intimate) تُو () تُجھ (tujh) تُو نے (tū ne) تُجھ کو (tujh ko),

تُجھے (tujhe)

semiformal (familiar) تُم (tum) تُم نے (tum ne) تُم کو (tum ko),

تُمھیں (tumhẽ)

formal (polite) آپ (āp) آپ نے (āp ne) آپ کو (āp ko)
3rd person proximal singular / informal یِہ (ye) اِس (is) اِس نے (is ne) اِس کو (is ko),

اِسے (ise)

plural / formal اِن (in) اِنھوں نے (inhõ ne) اِن کو (in ko),

اِنھیں (inhẽ)

distal singular / informal وُہ (vo) اُس (us) اُس نے (us ne) اُس کو (us ko),

اُسے (use)

plural / formal اُن (un) اُنھوں نے (unhõ ne) اُن کو (un ko),

اُنھیں (unhẽ)