میرا

Punjabi

Alternative forms

  • مینڈا (maiḍā), میڈا (maiṇḍā)dialectal

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa मेर (mera) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). See there for more

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /meː.ɾäː/
  • Audio (Standard Punjabi):(file)

Pronoun

میرا • (merā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੇਰਾ)

  1. singular masculine genitive of مَیں (maiṉ); my, mine

Declension

Declension of میرا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct میرا (merā) میرے (mere) میری (merī) میرِیاں (meriyāṉ)
oblique میرے (mere) میریاں (mereyāṉ) میری (merī) میرِیاں (meriyāṉ)

Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi मेरौ (merau), मेरा (merā), from Apabhramsa महारिय (mahāriya), मेर (mera) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).[1] See there for more. Cognate with Assamese মোৰ (mür), Gujarati મારું (mārũ), Punjabi ਮੇਰਾ (merā), Romani miro and Classical Persian مرا (marā).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

میرا • (merām (Hindi spelling मेरा)

  1. first-person singular possessive pronoun: mine

Determiner

میرا • (merām (plural ہمارا) (Hindi spelling मेरा)

  1. first-person singular possessive determiner: my

Declension

Declension of میرا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct میرا (mērā) میرے (mēre) میری (mērī) میری (mērī)
indirect میرے (mēre) میرے (mēre) میری (mērī) میری (mērī)

See also

Urdu possessive pronouns
1st person singular میرا (merā)
plural ہَمارا (hamārā)
2nd person informal تیرا (terā)
familiar تُمہارا
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

  1. ^ Jaroslav Strnad (2013), Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 262