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Bundeli
Etymology
From Old Hindi मैं (maiṃ), from Apabhramsa मइं (maĩ), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀏 (mae), from Sanskrit मया (mayā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máyaH the instrumental singular of *aȷ́ʰám (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵH-om.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
मै (mai)
- I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
References
- Boehm, Ed (2015) A Sociolinguistic Profile of Bundeli, SIL International, page 72