তুমি

See also: তিমি

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese তুহ্মি (tumhi), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (tumhe, you (plural)), from Sanskrit যুষ্মান্ (yuṣmān, you, acc. pl.) adopting the initial sounds of ত্ৱম্ (tvám, you, nom. sg.).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tu.mi/
  • (file)

Pronoun

তুমি (tumi)

  1. (familiar) you (singular)
    তুমি ভালে আছা নে?
    tumi bhale asa ne?
    Are you good?
  2. (dialectal) you (plural)

See also

References

  1. Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 20
  2. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), yuṣmad”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit त्वम् (tvám), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *túH-am, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬏𐬨 (tūm), Old Persian 𐎬𐎺𐎶 (tuvam), Ancient Greek σύ (), Latin , Old English þū (whence English thou).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /t̪umi/, [t̪umiˑ]
    (file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /t̪umi/, [t̪umiˑ]
    (file)

Pronoun

তুমি (tumi) (objective তোমাকে (tōmake), possessive তোমার (tōmar))

  1. (familiar) you (singular)
    তুমি কোথায়tumi kōthaẏWhere are you?
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