میں

See also: مین and مين

Urdu

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɛ̃ː/

Pronoun

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

1. I (first person, singular)

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Inflection

declension of میں

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mẽːː/

Postposition

میں • (mẽ) (Hindi spelling में)

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