تسیں
Punjabi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (tumhe).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /t̪ʊ.sĩː/, [ˈt̪ʊ.sĩː]
- (dialectal) IPA(key): [t̪ʊ.siː]
- Rhymes: -ĩː
- Hyphenation: تُ‧سِیں
Pronoun
[edit]تُسِیں • (tusīṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁਸੀਂ)
- second person pronoun polite in singular tense; you (singular, polite)
- second person pronoun familiar in plural tense; ye, you (plural, familiar)
- person addressed in reported speech
See also
[edit]| person | direct case | ergative | dative | accusative | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | singular | ਮੈਂ (maĩ) • میں | ਮੈਨੂੰ (mainū̃) • مینوں | ਮੈਥੋਂ (maithõ) • میتھوں | ||
| plural | ਅਸੀਂ (asī̃) • اسیں | ਅਸਾਂ (asā̃) • اساں | ਸਾਨੂੰ (sānū̃) • سانوں | ਸਾਥੋਂ (sāthõ) • ساتھوں | ||
| 2nd person | informal / singular |
ਤੂੰ (tū̃) • توں | ਤੈਂ (taĩ) • تیں | ਤੈਨੂੰ (tainū̃) • تینوں | ਤੈਥੋਂ (taithõ) • تیتھوں | |
| polite / plural |
ਤੁਸੀਂ (tusī̃) • تسیں | ਤੁਸਾਂ (tusā̃) • تساں | ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ (tuhānū̃) • تہانوں | ਤੁਹਾਥੋਂ (tuhāthõ) • تہاتھوں | ||
| 3rd person proximal |
singular | ਇਹ (eh) • ایہہ | ਇਸ (is), ਏਸ (es) • ایس | |||
| plural | ਇਹਨਾਂ (ehnā̃) • ایہناں | |||||
| 3rd person distal |
singular | ਉਹ (oh) • اوہ | ਉਸ (us) , ਓਸ (os) • اوس | |||
| plural | ਉਹਨਾਂ (ohnā̃) • اوہناں | |||||
Further reading
[edit]- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “تُسِیں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “تسیں”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਤੁਸੀਂ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yuṣmad-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 608