मेरा

See also: मेरी, मोर, मेरो, मरु, मेरे, मार, and मरा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi मेरौ (merau), मेरा (merā), from Sauraseni Apabhramsa महेरौ (maherau), महारा (mahārā), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀳 (maha, genitive singular) + Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑁂𑀭 (kera) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). 𑀫𑀳 (maha) is from Sanskrit मह्यम् (mahyam, dative of अहम् (aham)), and further from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mábʰyam and Proto-Indo-European *me-. It is commonly confused and used as a genitive in Prakrit. 𑀓𑁂𑀭 (kera) is encountered in Prakrit and Apabhramsa as a possessive postpositional marker for nouns in genitive case. It probably derives from the Sanskrit root कृ (kṛ), possibly through metathesis in कार्य (kārya, “fit to be done > *belonging to”) > *kaira > kera. Cognate with Assamese মোৰ (mür), Punjabi ਮੇਰਾ (merā) and Romani miro.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /meː.ɾɑː/, [meː.ɾäː]

Pronoun

मेरा • (merā) m (Urdu spelling میرا‎)

1. genitive of मैं (ma͠i); my, mine

Declension

Declension of मेरा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	मेरा merā	मेरे mere	मेरी merī	मेरी merī
oblique	मेरे mere	मेरे mere	मेरी merī	मेरी merī
vocative	मेरे mere	मेरे mere	मेरी merī	मेरी merī

See also

• तेरा (terā)
• हमारा (hamārā)
• तुम्हारा (tumhārā)