تسیں

Punjabi

Alternative forms

  • تُسِی (tusī) — dialectal

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (tumhe).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /t̪ʊ.sĩː/
  • (dialectal) IPA(key): [t̪ʊ.siː]
  • Rhymes: -ĩː
  • Hyphenation: تُ‧سِیں

Pronoun

تُسِیں • (tusīṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁਸੀਂ)

  1. second person pronoun polite in singular tense; you (singular, polite)
  2. second person pronoun familiar in plural tense; ye, you (plural, familiar)
  3. person addressed in reported speech

See also

Punjabi personal pronouns
person direct case ergative dative accusative
1st person singular ਮੈਂ (maĩ) • میں ਮੈਨੂੰ (mainū̃) • مینوں ਮੈਥੋਂ (maithõ) • میتھوں
plural ਅਸੀਂ (asī̃) • اسیں ਅਸਾਂ (asā̃) • اساں ਸਾਨੂੰ (sānū̃) • سانوں ਸਾਥੋਂ (sāthõ) • ساتھوں
2nd person informal /
singular 		ਤੂੰ (tū̃) • توں ਤੈਂ (taĩ) • تیں ਤੈਨੂੰ (tainū̃) • تینوں ਤੈਥੋਂ (taithõ) • تیتھوں
polite /
plural 		ਤੁਸੀਂ (tusī̃) • تسیں ਤੁਸਾਂ (tusā̃) • تساں ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ (tuhānū̃) • تہانوں ਤੁਹਾਥੋਂ (tuhāthõ) • تہاتھوں
3rd person
proximal 		singular ਇਹ (eh) • ایہہ ਇਸ (is), ਏਸ (es) • ایس
plural ਇਹਨਾਂ (ehnā̃) • ایہناں
3rd person
distal 		singular ਉਹ (oh) • اوہ ਉਸ (us) , ਓਸ (os) • اوس
plural ਉਹਨਾਂ (ohnā̃) • اوہناں

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تُسِیں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “تسیں”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • “ਤੁਸੀਂ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yuṣmad-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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