Urdu

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Etymology

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Probably from Old Hindi हमारा (hamārā), हंमारा (haṃmārā), inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa अम्हारा (amhārā), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀭𑀑 (amhakkerao)[1] or possibly 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀁 (amhāṇaṃ), genitive of 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ہَمارا (hamārām (Hindi spelling हमारा)

  1. first-person plural possessive pronoun: ours; plural of میرا (merā)
  2. (formal, majestic plural) first-person singular possessive pronoun: mine

Determiner

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ہَمارا (hamārām (Hindi spelling हमारा)

  1. first-person plural possessive determiner: our; plural of میرا (merā).
  2. (formal, majestic plural) first-person singular possessive determiner: my

Declension

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Declension of ہمارا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct ہمارا (hamārā) ہمارے (hamāre) ہماری (hamārī) ہماری (hamārī)
indirect ہمارے (hamāre) ہمارے (hamāre) ہماری (hamārī) ہماری (hamārī)
vocative ہمارے (hamāre) ہمارے (hamāre) ہماری (hamārī) ہماری (hamārī)

See also

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Urdu possessive pronouns
1st person singular میرا (merā)
plural ہَمارا (hamārā)
2nd person informal تیرا (terā)
familiar تُمھارا (tumhārā)
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

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  1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “همارا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.