Gujarati

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Gujarati तुम्हे (tumhe), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (tumhe), from Sanskrit युष्मान् (yuṣmān, you, acc. pl.) adopting the initial sounds of त्वम् (tvám, you, nom. sg.).[1][2] Cognate with Hindi तुम (tum), तमे (tame).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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તમે (tame)

  1. you, ye (formal and grammatically plural)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 20
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yuṣmad”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press