में

See also: स, भ, म, and मैं

Hindi

The spontaneous nasalization is a common phenomenon in New Indo-Aryan. Compare Hindi साँप (sā̃p, “snake”) from Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa).

में • (mẽ) (Urdu spelling میں)

in, inside of
Synonym: के अंदर (ke andar)

घर में ― ghar mẽ ― inside the house

कमरे में ― kamre mẽ ― in the room
within
Synonym: के अंदर (ke andar)

मेरे सिर में दर्द हो रहा है।
mere sir mẽ dard ho rahā hai.
My head is hurting.
(literally, “There is pain within my head.”)
into
वह पानी में गिर पड़ा।
vah pānī mẽ gir paṛā.
He fell into the water.

गिलास में ― gilās mẽ ― into the glass
during
Synonym: के दौरान (ke daurān)

छूट्टियों में मैं लंदन जा रहा हूँ।
chūṭṭiyõ mẽ ma͠i landan jā rahā hū̃.
I'm going to London during the holidays.

रात में ― rāt mẽ ― in the night

वर्ष १९९४ में ― varṣ 1994 mẽ ― during the year 1994
for the price of
सौ रुपये में ― sau rupye mẽ ― for the price of 100 rupees
between, among
सारे लोग में केक बाँट दिया।
sāre log mẽ kek bā̃ṭ diyā.
The cake was divided among all the people.

इन तीन क़मीज़ोंमें कौनसी अच्छी है?
in tīn qamīzõmẽ kaunsī acchī hai?
Between these three shirts which one is best?

^ Reinöhl, Uta (2016) “The diverse origins of the Hindi simple postpositions”, in Grammaticalization and the Rise of Configurationality in Indo-Aryan, →ISBN