நின்

Tamil

Etymology

Genitive/oblique of நீ (nī),[1][2] see Proto-Dravidian *nin-. Doublet of நுன் (nuṉ), whence உன் (uṉ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n̪ɪn/

Pronoun

நின் • (niṉ)[3] (literary)

  1. thy, thine, your
    Synonyms: உன் (uṉ), உன்னுடைய (uṉṉuṭaiya), உந்தன் (untaṉ), உனது (uṉatu)

References

  1. ^ Johann Philipp Fabricius (1779), “நின்”, in A Malabar and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House; republished as Tamil and English Dictionary, 1972
  2. ^ Miron Winslow (1862), “நின்”, in A comprehensive Tamil and English dictionary of high and low Tamil, Madras: P. R. Hunt
  3. ^ N. Kathiraiver Pillai (1889), “நின்”, in தமிழ் மொழி அகராதி [Tamil language dictionary] (in Tamil), Chennai: Pi. Ve. Namacivaya Mutaliyar, published 1928
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