میݙا
Saraiki
Etymology
Affixed from Prakrit 𑀫𑀏 (mae), from Sanskrit मे (me), variant dative of अहम् (aham). Compare Punjabi ਮੇਰਾ / میرا (merā), Hindustani میرَا / मेरा (merā), Nepali मेरो (mero), Gujarati મારું (mārũ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛːɗaː/
Pronoun
مَیݙا (maiḏā)
- genitive of مَیں (maiṉ); my
- مَیݙا ہَتھ
- maiḏā hath
- my hand
See also
| Saraiki possessive pronouns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | singular | میݙا (maiḏā) | |
| plural | ساݙا (sāḏā) | ||
| 2nd person | singular / informal | تیݙا (taiḏā) | |
| plural / formal | تہاݙا (tuāḏa / tuhāḏā) | ||
| 3rd person | singular / informal | اوں دا (ū̃-dā) | |
| plural / formal | انہاں دا (unā̃-da / unhā̃-da) | ||
Further reading
- “مَیڈا”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language (in English), United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 300, column 2
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 554