اساں

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अस्मे (asme). Cognate with Assamese আমি (ami), Bengali আমি (ami), English us, French nous, German uns, Hindustani हम (ham) / ہم (ham).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əsːãː/

Pronoun

اساں (asā̃)

1. we (oblique)
2. oblique form of اس

See also

Pahari-Potwari personal pronouns

personal pronouns
Person			Direct	Oblique	Dative	Genitive
1st person	singular		میں (maĩ)		مِکی (mikī)	مہاڑا (mahāṛā)
	plural		اس (as)	اساں (asā̃)	اساں کی (asā̃ kī)	ساڑا (sāṛā) اساں نا (asā̃ nā)
2nd person	informal / singular		توں (tū̃)		تکی (tukī)	تہاڑا (tuhāṛā)
	polite / plural		تس (tus)	تساں (tusā̃)	تساں کی (tusā̃ kī)	تساں نا (tusā̃ nā)
3rd person	proximal	singular	ایہہ (eh)	اِس (is)	اِس کی (is kī)	اِس نا (is nā)
		plural		اِہناں (ihnā̃)	اِہناں کی (ihnā̃ kī)	اِہناں نا (ihnā̃ nā)
	distal	singular	اوہ (oh)	اُس (us)	اُس کی (us kī)	اُس نا (us nā)
		plural		اُہناں (uhnā̃)	اُہناں کی (uhnā̃ kī)	اُہناں نا (uhnā̃ nā)

Saraiki

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अस्मे (asme) (locative of वयम् (vayam, “we”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *asmáy, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥sméd (“us”).

Cognate with Assamese আমি (ami), Bengali আমি (ami), English us, French nous, German uns, Hindustani हम (ham) / ہم (ham).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əsːãː/

Pronoun

اَسّاں (assāṉ)

1. we; first-person plural personal pronoun