Urdu edit

Etymology edit

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀏 (tae) +‎ را (, genitive affix), the first element of which is from Sanskrit ते (te), variant dative of त्वम् (tvam).[1]

Cognate with Classical Persian ترا (turā): تو () + را ()

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

تیرا (terām (Hindi spelling तेरा)

  1. (informal, intimate, contemptuous, possibly vulgar) second-person singular possessive pronoun: yours, thine; Early Modern English thine.
  2. (dialectal, literary, religion) second-person singular possessive pronoun, intimate or very polite: thine

Determiner edit

تیرا (terām (plural تمہارا, Hindi spelling तेरा)

  1. (informal, intimate, contemptuous, possibly vulgar) second-person singular possessive determiner: your, thy; Early Modern English thy.
  2. (dialectal, literary, religion) second-person singular possessive determiner, intimate or very polite: thy

Declension edit

Declension of تیرا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct تیرا (terā) تیرے (tere) تیری (terī) تیری (terī)
indirect تیرے (tere) تیرے (tere) تیری (terī) تیری (terī)
vocative تیرے (tere) تیرے (tere) تیری (terī) تیری (terī)

See also edit

Urdu possessive pronouns
1st person singular میرا (merā)
plural ہَمارا (hamārā)
2nd person informal تیرا (terā)
familiar تُمھارا (tumhārā)
formal آپ کا (āp kā)
3rd person singular / informal اِس کا (is kā), اُس کا (us kā)
plural / formal اِن کا (in kā), اُن کا (un kā)

References edit

  1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “تيرا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.