আপনে

Bengali

Alternative forms

• আন্নে (anne), আমনি (amoni), আমনে (amone), আম্মে (amme)
• আপনি (apni) — Standard

Etymology

Nominative inflection of আপন (apon) "self, own", from Prakrit 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀡 (appaṇa), from Sanskrit আত্মন্ (ātmán) "self, soul, breath". Cognate with formal pronouns such as Odia ଆପଣ (āpaṇa), Marathi आपण (āpaṇ), Gujarati આપ (āpa), and Hindi आप (āp), and reflexives such as Hindi अपना (apnā). Doublet of আত্মা (attã), a tatsama.

Pronunciation

• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /ap.ne/, /aɸ.ne/
• (Varendra) IPA^(key): /ap.ne/

Pronoun

আপনে • (apne) (objective, possessive) (Vanga, Varendra)

1. (polite) you (singular)

   আপনে কবে আইছেন? ― apne kôbe aisen? ― On which day did you come?