میں
See also: مین and مين
Saraiki
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛ̃ː/
Pronoun
مَیں (maiṉ) (plural اساں (asāṉ))
- first-person singular subjective personal pronoun: I
Urdu
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa मइं (maĩ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀏 (mae), from Sanskrit मया (mayā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mɛ̃ː/
- Rhymes: -ɛ̃ː
Pronoun
مَیں • (ma͠i) (plural ہم, Hindi spelling मैं)
- first-person singular subjective personal pronoun: I
- میں ایک آدمی ہوں۔ ― ma͠i ek ādmī hū̃. ― I am a man.
Determiner
مَیں • (ma͠i) sg (plural ہم, Hindi spelling मैं)
- The speaker/writer; I.
Declension
declension of میں
| direct | مَیں (ma͠i) |
|---|---|
| indirect | مجھ (mujh) |
| ergative | میں نے (ma͠i-ne) |
| genitive | میرا (merā) |
| dative/ accusative | مجھے (mujhe), مجھ کو (mujh-ko) |
See also
| Urdu personal pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | Description | Direct case | Indirect case | Ergative case | Dative/Accusative case | |
| 1st person | singular | مَیں (ma͠i) | مجھ (mujh) | میں نے (ma͠i-ne) | مجھ کو (mujh-ko), مجھے (mujhe) | |
| plural | ہم (ham) | ہم نے (ham-ne) | ہم کو (ham-ko), ہمیں (hamẽ) | |||
| 2nd person | informal (intimate) | تُو (tū) | تجھ (tujh) | تو نے (tū-ne) | تجھ کو (tujh-ko), تجھے (tujhe) | |
| semiformal (familiar) | تم (tum) | تم نے (tum-ne) | تم کو (tum-ko), تمہیں (tumhẽ) | |||
| formal (polite) | آپ (āp) | آپ نے (āp-ne) | آپ کو (āp-ko) | |||
| 3rd person | proximal | singular / informal | یہ (ye) | اِس (is) | اِس نے (is-ne) | اِس کو (is-ko), اِسے (ise) |
| plural / formal | اِن (in) | اِنہوں نے (inhõ-ne) | اِن کو (in-ko), اِنہیں (inhẽ) | |||
| distal | singular / informal | وہ (vo) | اُس (us) | اُس نے (us-ne) | اُس کو (us-ko), اُسے (use) | |
| plural / formal | اُن (un) | اُنہوں نے (unhõ-ne) | اُن کو (un-ko), اُنہیں (unhẽ) | |||
Etymology 2
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑁂 (majjhe), from Sanskrit मध्ये (mádhye), locative of मध्य (mádhya, “middle”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos. Cognate with Sindhi ۾.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mẽː/
Postposition
میں • (mẽ) (Hindi spelling में)
- in
References
- Platts, John T. (1884), “مين”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मैं”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press