مجھ
Punjabi
Alternative forms
- مَن٘جھ (maṉjh) — Jatki
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit *मह्या (*mahyā). Compare Pahari-Potwari مان٘جھ (māṉjh), Saraiki مَنجھ (manjh).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /mə˦.d͡ʒːᵊ/, [mɐ˦.d͡ʒˑə̆]
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Noun
مَجّھ • (majjh) f (masculine جھوٹا, Gurmukhi spelling ਮੱਝ)
- water buffalo (adult female)
- Synonym: (Malwai) مھَینس (mhains)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | مَجّھ (majjh) | مَجّھاں (majjhāṉ) |
| oblique | مَجّھ (majjh) | مَجّھاں (majjhāṉ) |
| vocative | مَجّھے (majjhe) | مَجّھو (majjho) |
| ablative | مَجّھوں (majjhoṉ) | مَجّھاں (majjhāṉ) |
| locative | مَجّھی (majjhī) | مَجّھِیں (majjhīṉ) |
| instrumental | مَجّھِیں (majjhīṉ) | مَجّھے (majjhe) |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مجھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “مجھ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*mahyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 574
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa मज्झु (majjhu), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀁 (majjhaṃ), from Sanskrit मह्यम् (mahyam). Cognate with Marathi माझे (māj̈he).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊd͡ʒʱ/
Pronoun
مُجھ • (mujh) (Hindi spelling मुझ)
- oblique singular of میں (ma͠i)
See also
| direct case | indirect case | ergative case | dative/accusative case | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | singular | مَیں (ma͠i) | مُجھ (mujh) | مَیں نے (ma͠i ne) | مُجھ کو (mujh ko) مُجھے (mujhe) | |
| formal (rare) | خَاکْسَار (xāksār) | خَاکْسَار نے (xāksār ne) | خَاکْسَار کو (xāksār ko) | |||
| plural | ہَم (ham) | ہَم نے (ham ne) | ہَم کو (ham ko) ہَمیں (hamẽ) | |||
| 2nd person | informal (intimate) | تُو (tū) | تُجھ (tujh) | تُو نے (tū ne) | تُجھ کو (tujh ko) تُجھے (tujhe) | |
| semiformal (familiar) | تُم (tum) | تُم نے (tum ne) | تُم کو (tum ko) تُمْہیں (tumhẽ) | |||
| formal (polite) | آپ (āp) | آپ نے (āp ne) | آپ کو (āp ko) | |||
| 3rd person | proximal | singular / informal |
یِہ (ye) | اِس (is) | اِس نے (is ne) | اِس کو (is ko) اِسے (ise) |
| plural / formal |
اِن (in) | اِنْہوں نے (inhõ ne) | اِن کو (in ko) اِنْہیں (inhẽ) | |||
| distal | singular / informal |
وُہ (vo) | اُس (us) | اُس نے (us ne) | اُس کو (us ko) اُسے (use) | |
| plural / formal |
اُن (un) | اُنْہوں نے (unhõ ne) | اُن کو (un ko) اُنْہیں (unhẽ) | |||