আম্মে

Bengali

Alternative forms

• আপনে (apne), আন্নে (anne), আমনি (amoni), আমনে (amone)
• 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): /am.me/

Pronoun

আম্মে • (amme) (objective, possessive) (Vanga, Barisal)

1. (polite) you (singular)

   আম্মে চেইতেন না। ― amme s̲eiten na. ― Don't you get angry.