میں

See also: مین‎ and مين‎

Urdu

Etymology 1

From Sauraseni Apabhramsa मइं (maĩ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀏 (maë), from Sanskrit मया (mayā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máyaH the instrumental singular of *aȷ́ʰám (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵH-om.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̃ː/

Pronoun

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

1. I (first person, singular)

   ‏میں ایک آدمی ہوں۔‎‎

   ma͠i ek ādmī hū̃.

   I am a man.

Inflection

declension of میں

direct	میں‎ (ma͠i)
indirect	مجھ‎ (mujh)
ergative	میں نے‎ (ma͠ine)
genitive	میرا‎ (merā)
dative	مجھے‎ (mujhe), مجھ کو‎ (mujhko)

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Sanskrit मध्य (mádhya, “middle”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mẽː/

Postposition

میں • (mẽ) Hindi spelling: में (mẽ)

1. in

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) , “میں”, 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