میݙا

Saraiki

Etymology

Affixed from Prakrit 𑀫𑀏 (mae), from Sanskrit मे (me), variant dative of अहम् (aham). Compare Punjabi ਮੇਰਾ / میرا (merā), Hindustani میرَا (merā) / मेरा (merā), Nepali मेरो (mero), Gujarati મારું (mārũ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛːɗaː/

Pronoun

مَیݙا (maiḏā)

  1. genitive of مَیں (maiṉ); my
    مَیݙا ہَتھ
    maiḏā hath
    my hand

See also

Saraiki possessive pronouns
1st person singular مَیݙا (maiḏā)
plural ساݙا (sāḏā)
2nd person singular / informal تَیݙا (taiḏā)
plural / formal تُہاݙا (tuhāḏā)
3rd person singular / informal اُوں دا (ūṉ dā)
plural / formal اُنہاں دا (unhāṉ dā)

Further reading

  • “مَیڈا”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 300, column 2
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 554
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