मेरा

See also: मेरी, मोर, मेरो, मरु, मेरे, मार, and मरा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi मेरौ (merau), मेरा (merā), from Apabhramsa महारिय (mahāriya), मेर (mera) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).^[1] See there for more. Cognate with Assamese মোৰ (mür), Gujarati મારું (mārũ), Punjabi ਮੇਰਾ (merā) and Romani miro.

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /meː.ɾɑː/, [meː.ɾäː]

Pronoun

मेरा • (merā) m (Urdu spelling میرا)

genitive of मैं (ma͠i); my, mine

Declension

Declension of *मेरा* (ā-stem)
	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	मेरा merā	मेरे mere	मेरी merī	मेरी merī
oblique	मेरे mere	मेरे mere	मेरी merī	मेरी merī
vocative	मेरे mere	मेरे mere	मेरी merī	मेरी merī

See also

तेरा (terā)
हमारा (hamārā)
तुम्हारा (tumhārā)

References

^ Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 262