Bhojpuri

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Etymology

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From Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe, we), from Sanskrit अस्मे (asme, in us). Cognates include Hindi हम (ham) and Assamese আমি (ami).

Pronoun

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हम (ham) (genitive हमार, oblique हमरा)

  1. I

Braj

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Etymology

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Apabhramsa अम्हे (amhe), from Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe), from Ashokan Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit अस्मे (asme).

Pronoun

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हम (ham)

  1. we: first-person plural personal pronoun

Garhwali

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Etymology

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From Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe), from Sanskrit अस्मे (asme, in us). Cognates include Hindi हम (ham) and Assamese আমি (ami).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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हम (ham)

  1. we

References

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  • Anoop Chandra Chandola (1966) A Synthatic Sketch of Garhwali, University of Chicago press (PhD thesis), page 28

Hindi

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Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɦəm/, [ɦɐ̃m]

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Hindi हम (hama), हंम (haṃma), from Apabhramsa अम्हे (amhe), from Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe), from Ashokan Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit अस्मे (asme) (locative of वयम् (vayam, we)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *asmáy, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé. Compare Punjabi ਅਸੀਂ (asī̃), Assamese আমি (ami), Bengali আমি (ami), Marathi आम्ही (āmhī), Konkani आमि (āmi), Bhojpuri 𑂯𑂧 (ham).

Pronoun

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हम (hamm or f (Urdu spelling ہم)

  1. we: first-person plural personal pronoun, plural of मैं (ma͠i)
    हम बहुत पहले से एक-दूसरे को जानते हैं।
    ham bahut pahle se ek-dūsre ko jānte ha͠i.
    We've known each other for a long time.
  2. (Varanasi, Awadh, colloquial in Standard Hindi) I: first-person personal singular personal pronoun
    Synonym: मैं (ma͠i)
Usage notes
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Because हम (ham) can mean both "we" and "I", sometimes हम लोग (ham log, we people) is used to specifically denote the plural. Usually context makes it clear when हम (ham) is being used for "we" or for "I". It is inflected and used grammatically the same for both meanings.

Most Eastern Hindi dialects only use हम (ham) as "I", and a variant of हम लोग (ham log) for "we". See Bhojpuri 𑂯𑂧 (ham), Magahi 𑂯𑂧 (ham).

Declension
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Declension of हम
direct हम (ham)
indirect हम (ham)
ergative हमने (hamne)
genitive हमारा (hamārā)
dative हमें, हमको (hamẽ, hamko)
instrumental/
ablative
हमसे (hamse)
inessive हममें (hammẽ)
adessive हमपे, हमपर (hampe, hampar)
terminative हमतक (hamtak)
semblative हमसा (hamsā)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Classical Persian هم (ham), from Middle Persian hm (ham), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎶 (hama), from Proto-Iranian *hamHáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *samHás, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós. Doublet of सम (sam), a Sanskrit borrowing. Cognate of English same.

Adverb

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हम (ham) (Urdu spelling ہم)

  1. (rare) also, as well, likewise

Conjunction

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हम (ham) (Urdu spelling ہم)

  1. (rare) whether, either

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Magahi

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Etymology

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From Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe, we), from Sanskrit अस्मे (asme, in us). Cognates include Hindi हम (ham) and Assamese আমি (ami).

Pronoun

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हम (ham) (Kaithi 𑂯𑂧)

  1. I

Maithili

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Etymology

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From Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe, we), from Sanskrit अस्मे (asme, in us). Cognates include Hindi हम (ham) and Assamese আমি (ami).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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हम (ham)

  1. I

Declension

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Declension of हम [ɦəm]
direct हम [ɦəm]
instrumental हमरें [ɦəmᵊɾẽː]हमरें
accusative/postpositional हमरा [ɦəmᵊɾaː]हमरा
dative हमरा [ɦəmᵊɾaː]हमरा हमराल [ɦəmᵊɾaːl]हमराल
genitive हमर [ɦəməɾ]
ergative हमें [ɦəmẽː]

Old Hindi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe), from Sanskrit अस्मे (asme).

Pronoun

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हम (hama)

  1. we

Descendants

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  • Braj: हम (ham)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: हम (ham)
    Urdu: ہم (ham)