تمہارا

Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Sauraseni Apabhramsa तुम्हारा (tumhārā), formed from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (tumhe) or 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (tumhehiṃ) +‎ را‎ (rā, genitive affix)[2] by analogy with 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe) or 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (amhehiṃ) to अम्हारा (amhārā) or possibly inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀁 (tumhāṇaṃ), genitive of 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (tumhe).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

تمہارا • (tumhārā) m (Hindi spelling तुम्हारा)

  1. (semiformal, familiar) second-person possessive pronoun, grammatically plural: yours; Early Modern English yours.

Determiner

تمہارا • (tumhārā) m (Hindi spelling तुम्हारा‎)

  1. second-person possessive determiner, grammatically plural: your; Early Modern English your.

Declension
Declension of تمہارا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct تمہارا‎ (tumhārā) تمہارے‎ (tumhāre) تمہاری‎ (tumhārī) تمہاری‎ (tumhārī)
indirect تمہارے‎ (tumhāre) تمہارے‎ (tumhāre) تمہاری‎ (tumhārī) تمہاری‎ (tumhārī)
vocative تمہارے‎ (tumhāre) تمہارے‎ (tumhāre) تمہاری‎ (tumhārī) تمہاری‎ (tumhārī)

See also
Urdu possessive pronouns
1st person singular میرا‎ (merā)
plural ہمارا‎ (hamārā)
2nd person informal تیرا‎ (terā)
familiar تمہارا (tumhārā)
formal آپ کا‎ (āp-ka)
3rd person singular / informal اس کا‎ (is-ka / us-ka)
plural / formal ان کا‎ (in-ka / un-ka)

References
  1. “تمھارا”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
  2. Platts, John T. (1884), “تمهارا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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