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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian ʾšmʾ, ʿšmʾ (ašmā, išmā, “you”), from Proto-Indo-European *yū́ (“you (plural)”). Compare Southern Luri ایسا (īsâ, “you”) and Bakhtiari ایسا (īsâ, “you”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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šumā
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| Dari reading?
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šumā
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| Iranian reading?
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šomâ
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| Tajik reading?
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šumo
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Pronoun
| Dari
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شما
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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шумо, Шумо
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شُما • (šomâ)
- you (formal, polite, and grammatically plural)
See also
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singular
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plural
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| 1st person
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مَن (man)
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ما (mâ)
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| 2nd person
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familiar
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تو (to)
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شُما (šomâ)
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| polite
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شُما (šomâ)
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| 3rd person
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general
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او (u)
اون (on)*
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آنها (ân-hâ), آنان (ânân)
اونا (onâ)*
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| formal
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وِی (vey)
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ایشان (išân)
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| polite
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ایشان (išân)
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| * colloquial pronunciations
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singular
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plural
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| 1st person
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من (man),
مه (ma)*
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ما (mā)
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| 2nd person
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familiar
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تو (tū)
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شما (šumā)
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| polite
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شما (šumā)
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| 3rd person
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general
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او (ō),
آن (ān)
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آنها (ān-hā),
آنان (ānān),
آنا (ānā)*,
اونا (ōnā)*
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| formal
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وی (way)
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ایشان (ēšān)
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| polite
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ایشان (ēšān)
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| * colloquial Dari pronunciations
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References
- Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 538