تساں

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Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Akin to Punjabi تُساں (tusāṉ). Inherited from Sanskrit युष्मद् (yuṣmad).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

تُساں (tusāṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁਸਾਂ)

  1. you (polite, plural), ye; second-person plural personal pronoun

oblique form of تُس (tus)

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit युष्मद् (yuṣmad). Compare Pahari-Potwari تُساں (tusāṉ) and Saraiki تُسّاں (tussāṉ).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

تُساں (tusāṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁਸਾਂ)

  1. oblique form of تُسِیں (tusīṉ) (in conjunction with prepositions)
    Alternative form: تُہا (tuhā-)
  2. ergative from of تُسِیں (tusīṉ)

See also

Punjabi personal pronouns
Person Direct case Ergative Dative Accusative
1st person singular ਮੈਂ (maĩ)میں ਮੈਨੂੰ (mainū̃)مینوں ਮੈਥੋਂ (maithõ)میتھوں
plural ਅਸੀਂ (asī̃)اسیں ਅਸਾਂ (asā̃)اساں ਸਾਨੂੰ (sānū̃)سانوں ਸਾਥੋਂ (sāthõ)ساتھوں
2nd person informal / singular ਤੂੰ (tū̃)توں ਤੈਂ (taĩ)تیں ਤੈਨੂੰ (tainū̃)تینوں ਤੈਥੋਂ (taithõ)تیتھوں
polite / plural ਤੁਸੀਂ (tusī̃)تسیں ਤੁਸਾਂ (tusā̃)تساں ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ (tuhānū̃)تہانوں ਤੁਹਾਥੋਂ (tuhāthõ)تہاتھوں
3rd person proximal singular ਇਹ (eh)ایہہ ਇਸ (is), ਏਸ (es)ایس
plural ਇਹਨਾਂ (ehnā̃)ایہناں
distal singular ਉਹ (oh)اوہ ਉਸ (us) , ਓਸ (os)اوس
plural ਉਹਨਾਂ (ohnā̃)اوہناں


Further reading

  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਤੁਸਾਂ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yuṣmad”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 238

Saraiki

Etymology

From a derivative of Sanskrit त्वम् (tvam). Akin to Punjabi تُساں (tusāṉ) and Pahari-Potwari تُساں (tusāṉ).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

تُسّاں (tussāṉ)

  1. you all; second-person plural personal pronoun