مینوں

Punjabi

Etymology

Cognate with Saraiki مَیکُوں (maikūṉ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /mɛː.nũː/, [mɛ̃ː.nˑũː]
• Colloquial Pakistan:
  • (North Punjab) IPA^(key): [mə̃n.nũː]
  • (South Punjab) IPA^(key): [mĩn.nũː]

Pronoun

مَینُوں • (mainūṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੈਨੂੰ)

1. dative of مَیں (maiṉ, “I”)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “مَینوں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਮੈਨੂੰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025