минің

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *beniŋ; equivalent to ми- (mi-, stem of the first-person singular pronoun) +‎ -нің (-nìñ, genitive suffix). Cognate with Shor меең, Tuvan мээң (meeñ), Southern Altai мениҥ (meniŋ), Kyrgyz менин (menin), Kazakh менің (menıñ), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mi.nɘŋ/, [mī.nɘŋ]

Determiner

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минің (minìñ)

  1. possessive of мин (min, I, first-person singular pronoun): my

Usage notes

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It’s mandatory for substantive after минің being suffixed with agglutinative (-m), or its epenthetic variants -ім (-ìm) and -ым (-ım). However, as well as in other Turkic languages, the determiner itself can be omitted. E.g. for ‘my labour rights’ — минің істеніс праволарым (minìñ ìstenìs pravolarım) or істеніс праволарым (ìstenìs pravolarım).