मै

Bundeli

Etymology

From Old Hindi मैं (maiṃ), from Sauraseni Apabhramsa मइं (maĩ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀏 (mae), from Sanskrit मया (mayā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máyaH the instrumental singular of *aȷ́ʰám (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵH-om.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ/, /məj/

Pronoun

मै (mai)

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

Alternative forms

• मैं (ma͠i), मे (me), में (mẽ), मी (mī)

References

• Boehm, Ed (2015) A Sociolinguistic Profile of Bundeli‎^[1], SIL International, page 72