تیرا
Urdu
editEtymology
editFrom Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀏 (tae) + را (rā, genitive affix), the first element of which is from Sanskrit ते (te), variant dative of त्वम् (tvam).[1]
Cognate with Classical Persian ترا (turā): تو (tū) + را (rā)
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪eː.ɾɑː/
Pronoun
editتیرا • (terā) m (Hindi spelling तेरा)
- (informal, intimate, contemptuous, possibly vulgar) second-person singular possessive pronoun: yours, thine; Early Modern English thine.
- (dialectal, literary, religion) second-person singular possessive pronoun, intimate or very polite: thine
Determiner
editتیرا • (terā) m (plural تمہارا, Hindi spelling तेरा)
- (informal, intimate, contemptuous, possibly vulgar) second-person singular possessive determiner: your, thy; Early Modern English thy.
- (dialectal, literary, religion) second-person singular possessive determiner, intimate or very polite: thy
Declension
editmasculine | feminine | ||||
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singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
direct | تیرا (terā) | تیرے (tere) | تیری (terī) | تیری (terī) | |
indirect | تیرے (tere) | تیرے (tere) | تیری (terī) | تیری (terī) |
See also
editUrdu possessive pronouns | |||
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1st person | singular | میرا (merā) | |
plural | ہَمارا (hamārā) | ||
2nd person | informal | تیرا (terā) | |
familiar | تُمہارا | ||
formal | آپ کا (āp kā) | ||
3rd person | singular / informal | اِس کا (is kā), اُس کا (us kā) | |
plural / formal | اِن کا (in kā), اُن کا (un kā) |
References
edit- ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “تيرا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.