میں

See also: مین‎ and مين‎

Saraiki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̃ː/

Pronoun

مَیں (maiṉ) (plural اساں‎ (asāṉ))

1. first-person singular subjective personal pronoun: I

Urdu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa मइं (maĩ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀏 (mae), from Sanskrit मया (mayā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɛ̃ː/
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃ː

Pronoun

مَیں • (ma͠i) (plural ہم‎, Hindi spelling मैं)

1. first-person singular subjective personal pronoun: I

   ‏میں ایک آدمی ہوں۔‎‎ ― ma͠i ek ādmī hū̃. ― I am a man.

Determiner

مَیں • (ma͠i) sg (plural ہم‎, Hindi spelling मैं‎)

1. The speaker/writer; I.

Declension

declension of میں

direct	مَیں‎‎ (ma͠i)
indirect	مجھ‎ (mujh)
ergative	میں نے‎ (ma͠i-ne)
genitive	میرا‎ (merā)
dative/ accusative	مجھے‎ (mujhe), مجھ کو‎ (mujh-ko)

See also

Urdu personal pronouns
Person	Description		Direct case	Indirect case	Ergative case	Dative/Accusative case
1st person	singular		مَیں (ma͠i)	مجھ‎ (mujh)	میں نے‎ (ma͠i-ne)	مجھ کو‎ (mujh-ko), مجھے‎ (mujhe)
	plural		ہم‎ (ham)		ہم نے‎ (ham-ne)	ہم کو‎ (ham-ko), ہمیں‎ (hamẽ)
2nd person	informal (intimate)		تُو‎ (tū)	تجھ‎ (tujh)	تو نے‎ (tū-ne)	تجھ کو‎ (tujh-ko), تجھے‎ (tujhe)
	semiformal (familiar)		تم‎ (tum)		تم نے‎ (tum-ne)	تم کو‎ (tum-ko), تمہیں‎ (tumhẽ)
	formal (polite)		آپ‎ (āp)		آپ نے‎ (āp-ne)	آپ کو‎ (āp-ko)
3rd person	proximal	singular / informal	یہ‎ (ye)	اِس‎ (is)	اِس نے‎ (is-ne)	اِس کو‎ (is-ko), اِسے‎ (ise)
		plural / formal		اِن‎ (in)	اِنہوں نے‎ (inhõ-ne)	اِن کو‎ (in-ko), اِنہیں‎ (inhẽ)
	distal	singular / informal	وہ‎ (vo)	اُس‎ (us)	اُس نے‎ (us-ne)	اُس کو‎ (us-ko), اُسے‎ (use)
		plural / formal		اُن‎ (un)	اُنہوں نے‎ (unhõ-ne)	اُن کو‎ (un-ko), اُنہیں‎ (unhẽ)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑁂 (majjhe), from Sanskrit मध्ये (mádhye), locative of मध्य (mádhya, “middle”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos. Cognate with Sindhi ۾‎.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mẽː/

Postposition

میں • (mẽ) (Hindi spelling में)

1. in

References

• Platts, John T. (1884), “مين”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मैं”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press