میں
Saraiki
editPronunciation
editPronoun
editمَیں (maiṉ) (plural اساں)
See also
editSaraiki personal pronouns | ||||||
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Person | Description | Direct case | Ergative case | Dative case | Ablative case | |
1st person | singular | مَیں (maiṉ) | مَیکُوں (maikūṉ), مَینُوں (mainūṉ) | مَیتُھوں (maithūṉ) | ||
plural | اساں | ساکُوں (sākūṉ), سانُوں (sānūṉ) | ساتُھوں (sāthūṉ) | |||
2nd person | singular / informal | تُوں (tūṉ) | تَیں (taiṉ) | تَیکُوں (taikūṉ), تَینُوں (tainūṉ) | تَیتُھوں (taithūṉ) | |
plural / formal | تُساں (tusāṉ) | تُہاکُوں (tuhākūṉ), تُہانُوں (tuhānūṉ) | تُہاتُھوں (tuhāthūṉ) |
Person | Description | Direct case | Ergative / Oblique case | Dative case | Ablative case | |
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3rd person | proximal | singular / informal | اے | اِیْں (īyṉ), اِس (īs) | اِیں کُوں (īyṉ kūṉ), اِیں نُوں (īyṉ nūṉ) | اِیتُھوں (īythūṉ) |
plural / formal | اِنہاں (īnhāṉ) | اِنْہاں کُوں (īnhāṉ kūṉ), اِنہاں نُوں (īnhāṉ nūṉ) | اِنہاں تُھوں (īnhāṉ thūṉ) | |||
distal | singular / informal | او | اُوں (ūṉ), اُس (us) | اُوں کُوں (ūṉ kūṉ), اُوں نُوں (ūṉ nūṉ) | اُوں تُھوں (ūṉ thūṉ) | |
plural / formal | اُنہاں (unhāṉ) | اُنہاں کُوں (unhāṉ kūṉ), اُنہاں نُوں (unhāṉ nūṉ) | اُنہاں تُھوں (unhāṉ thūṉ) |
Urdu
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa मइं (maĩ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀏 (mae), from Sanskrit मया (mayā).
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editمَیں • (ma͠i) (Hindi spelling मैं)
- first-person singular subjective personal pronoun: I
- میں ایک آدمی ہوں۔ ― ma͠i ek ādmī hū̃. ― I am a man.
Determiner
editمَیں • (ma͠i) sg (plural ہم, Hindi spelling मैं)
- The speaker/writer; I.
Declension
editdeclension of میں
See also
editUrdu personal pronouns | ||||||
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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 (tū) | تُجھ (tujh) | تُو نے (tū ne) | تُجھ کو (tujh ko),
تُجھے (tujhe) | |
semiformal (familiar) | تُم (tum) | تُم نے (tum ne) | تُم کو (tum ko),
تُمْہیں (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) | اِنْہوں نے (inhõ ne) | اِن کو (in ko),
اِنْہیں (inhẽ) | |||
distal | singular / informal | وُہ (vo) | اُس (us) | اُس نے (us ne) | اُس کو (us ko),
اُسے (use) | |
plural / formal | اُن (un) | اُنْہوں نے (unhõ ne) | اُن کو (un ko),
اُنْہیں (unhẽ) |
Etymology 2
editInherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑁂 (majjhe), from Sanskrit मध्ये (mádhye), locative of मध्य (mádhya, “middle”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos. Cognate with Sindhi ۾.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mẽː/
Postposition
editمیں • (mẽ) (Hindi spelling में)
- in
- Synonym: کے اَنْدَر (ke andar)
- گَھر میں ― ghar mẽ ― in the house
- سال ۱۹۹۶ میں ― sāl 1996 mẽ ― in the year 1996
- into
- وہ تالاب میں کُود گَئی۔
- vo tālāb mẽ kūd gaī.
- She jumped into the pool.
- during
- Synonym: کے دَوران (ke daurān)
- چُھٹِّیوں میں مَیں کَشْمِیر جا رَہا ہُوں۔
- chuṭṭiyõ mẽ ma͠i kaśmīr jā rahā hū̃.
- I'm going to Kashmir during the holidays.
- within the budget of
- پَچاس رُوپَے میں ― pacās rūpai mẽ ― within the budget of fifty rupees
- between, among
- لوگوں میں وہ پَیسے تَقْسِیم کَر دی۔
- logõ mẽ vo paise taqsīm kar dī.
- He divided the money among the people.
- اِن تِین قَمِیضوں میں کَون سی اَچِّھی ہَے؟
- in tīn qamīzõ mẽ kaun sī acchī hai?
- Which one is the best between these three shirts?
References
edit- Platts, John T. (1884) “مين”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ميں”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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