مینوں

Punjabi

Etymology

Cognate with Saraiki مَیکُوں (maikūṉ).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /mɛː.nũː/, [mɛ̃ː.nˑũː]
  • Colloquial Pakistan:
    • (North Punjab) IPA(key): [mə̃n.nũː]
    • (South Punjab) IPA(key): [mĩn.nũː]

Pronoun

مَینُوں • (mainūṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੈਨੂੰ)

  1. dative of مَیں (maiṉ, I)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مَینوں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਮੈਨੂੰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025