में

See also: स, भ, म, and मैं

HindiEdit

The spontaneous nasalization is a common phenomenon in New Indo-Aryan. Compare Hindi साँप (sā̃p, “snake”) from Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa).^[1]

में • (mẽ) (Urdu spelling میں‎)

in, inside of
घर में ― ghar mẽ ― inside the house

कमरे में ― kamre mẽ ― in the room

Synonym: के अंदर (ke andar)
within
मेरे सिर में दर्द हो रहा है।
mere sir mẽ dard ho rahā hai.
My head is hurting.
(literally, “There is pain within my head.”)

Synonym: के अंदर (ke andar)
into
वह पानी में गिर पड़ा। ― vah pānī mẽ gir paṛā. ― He fell into the water.

गिलास में ― gilās mẽ ― into the glass
during
छूट्टियों में मैं लंदन जा रहा हूँ।
chūṭṭiyõ mẽ ma͠i landan jā rahā hū̃.
I'm going to London during the holidays.

रात में ― rāt mẽ ― in the night

वर्ष १९९४ में ― varṣ 1994 mẽ ― during the year 1994

Synonym: के दौरान (ke daurān)
for the price of
सौ रुपये में ― sau rupye mẽ ― for the price of 100 rupees
between, among
सारे लोग में केक बाँट दिया।
sāre log mẽ kek bā̃ṭ diyā.
The cake was divided among all the people.

इन तीन क़मीज़ों में कौनसी अच्छी है?
in tīn qamīzõ mẽ kaunsī acchī hai?
Between these three shirts which one is best?

^ Reinöhl, Uta (2016), “The diverse origins of the Hindi simple postpositions”, in Grammaticalization and the Rise of Configurationality in Indo-Aryan, →ISBN