उन

उन

See also: उनी

Hindi

Pronoun

उन • (un) (Urdu spelling اُن‎) (demonstrative)

1. those (oblique case only, see below for direct. Singular: उस (us))

   उन मकानों में छह कमरे हैं

   un makānõ mẽ chah kamre ha͠i

   In those houses there are six rooms.

2. him (oblique case only, far reference, polite. If no additional respect is conveyed, उस (us) is used)

   उनको पैसे दे दो

   unko paise de do

   Give him the money.

3. her (oblique case only, far reference. If no additional respect is conveyed, उस (us) is used)

   उनको पैसे दे दो

   unko paise de do

   Give her the money.

4. it (oblique case only).

Inflection

• direct: वे (ve)
• Direct, singular, far reference: वह (vah) — that

See also

• इन (in) — these, him, her (near reference)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “उन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “उन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.