मेरा

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

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi मेरौ (merau), मेरा (merā), from Sauraseni Apabhramsa महेरौ (maherau), महारा (mahārā).

• The first part of this is from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀳 (maha, genitive singular), from Sanskrit मह्यम् (mahyam, dative of अहम् (aham)), and further from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máȷ́ʰyam, a formation from Proto-Indo-European *me-.
• The second part of this is from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑁂𑀭 (kera) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) (Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀫𑀓𑁂𑀭 (mamakera, “my”) is attested). See there for more.

Cognate with Assamese মোৰ (mür), Gujarati મારું (mārũ), Punjabi ਮੇਰਾ (merā) and Romani miro.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

मेरा • (merā) m (Urdu spelling میرا)

1. 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)