Pahari-Potwari

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Etymology

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Akin to Punjabi تُساں (tusāṉ). Inherited from Sanskrit युष्मद् (yuṣmad).

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Pronoun

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تُساں (tusāṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁਸਾਂ)

  1. you (polite, plural), ye; second-person plural personal pronoun

oblique form of تُس (tus)

Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit युष्मद् (yuṣmad). Compare Pahari-Potwari تُساں (tusāṉ) and Saraiki تُسّاں (tussāṉ).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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تُساں (tusāṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁਸਾਂ)

  1. oblique form of تُسِیں (tusīṉ) (in conjunction with prepositions)
    Alternative form: تُہا (tuhā-)
  2. ergative from of تُسِیں (tusīṉ)

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Punjabi personal pronouns
Person Direct case Ergative Dative Accusative
1st person singular ਮੈਂ (maĩ)میں ਮੈਨੂੰ (mainū̃)مینوں ਮੈਥੋਂ (maithõ)میتھوں
plural ਅਸੀਂ (asī̃)اسیں ਅਸਾਂ (asā̃)اساں ਸਾਨੂੰ (sānū̃)سانوں ਸਾਥੋਂ (sāthõ)ساتھوں
2nd person informal / singular ਤੂੰ (tū̃)توں ਤੈਂ (taĩ)تیں ਤੈਨੂੰ (tainū̃)تینوں ਤੈਥੋਂ (taithõ)تیتھوں
polite / plural ਤੁਸੀਂ (tusī̃)تسیں ਤੁਸਾਂ (tusā̃)تساں ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ (tuhānū̃)تہانوں ਤੁਹਾਥੋਂ (tuhāthõ)تہاتھوں
3rd person proximal singular ਇਹ (eh)ایہہ ਇਸ (is), ਏਸ (es)ایس
plural ਇਹਨਾਂ (ehnā̃)ایہناں
distal singular ਉਹ (oh)اوہ ਉਸ (us) , ਓਸ (os)اوس
plural ਉਹਨਾਂ (ohnā̃)اوہناں


Further reading

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  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਤੁਸਾਂ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yuṣmad”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 238

Saraiki

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Etymology

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From a derivative of Sanskrit त्वम् (tvam). Akin to Punjabi تُساں (tusāṉ) and Pahari-Potwari تُساں (tusāṉ).

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تُسّاں (tussāṉ)

  1. you all; second-person plural personal pronoun