मेरा
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Hindi मेरौ (merau), मेरा (merā), from Sauraseni Apabhramsa महेरौ (maherau), महारा (mahārā).[1]
- The first part of this is from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀳 (maha, genitive singular), from Sanskrit मह्यम् (mahyam, dative of अहम् (aham)), and further from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máȷ́ʰyam, a formation from Proto-Indo-European *me-.
- The second part of this is from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑁂𑀭 (kera) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) (Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀫𑀓𑁂𑀭 (mamakera, “my”) is attested). See there for more.
Cognate with Assamese মোৰ (mür), Gujarati મારું (mārũ), Punjabi ਮੇਰਾ (merā) and Romani miro.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]मेरा • (merā) m (Urdu spelling میرا)
Declension
[edit]Declension of मेरा (ā-stem)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Categories:
- Hindi terms inherited from Old Hindi
- Hindi terms derived from Old Hindi
- Hindi terms inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa
- Hindi terms derived from Sauraseni Apabhramsa
- Hindi terms inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit
- Hindi terms derived from Sauraseni Prakrit
- Hindi terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Hindi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Hindi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Hindi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hindi terms extended with Indo-Aryan -𑀓-
- Hindi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hindi non-lemma forms
- Hindi pronoun forms
- Hindi ā-stem adjectives