مرا

Persian

Alternative forms

• منو‎ (mano) (colloquial, Iranian Persian)

Etymology

Contraction of first person singular pronoun من‎ (man) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máyaH, Itself from Proto-Indo-European *éǵH-om; and the direct-object particle را‎ (râ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ˈma.ɾɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mǽ.ɾɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mǽ.ɾɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mǽ.ɾä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mǽ.ɾɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mǽ.ɹɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mǽ.ɾɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	marā
Dari reading?	marā
Iranian reading?	marâ
Tajik reading?	maro

Pronoun

Dari	مرا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маро

مرا • (marâ)

1. form of من‎ (man) with the oblique particle را‎ (râ), used to generate dative, genitive, and accusative forms for the first person singular pronoun.

   ‏مرا دیدی؟‎‎

   marâ dīdī?

   Did you see me?

   (accusative)

   ‏مرا گویی که رایی؟‎‎

   marâ gōyī kirâ-yī?

   You ask me "who are you?"

   (dative)

   ‏مرا عهدیست با جانان‎

   marâ a'hdêst bâ jânân

   I have a covenant with the Beloved.

   (genitive)

2. a second-person pronoun; تو‎ (to, “you”) as a grammatical object, "me".

See also

• ترا‎ (torâ, torâ)