ഞാൻ
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The first person singular pronoun ഞാൻ
Malayalam
Alternative forms
- നാൻ (nāṉ) — early inscriptional
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian *ñān. Unrelated to Proto-Dravidian *yĀn whose descendant is ഏൻ (ēṉ).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ഞാൻ • (ñāṉ)
- I (first person singular pronoun)
See also
Malayalam personal pronouns
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | exclusive | ഞാൻ (ñāṉ) നോം (nōṁ) ഏൻ (ēṉ) |
ഞങ്ങൾ (ñaṅṅaḷ) എങ്ങൾ (eṅṅaḷ) | ||
| inclusive | നമ്മൾ (nammaḷ) നാം (nāṁ) | ||||
| reflexive | താൻ (tāṉ) തങ്ങൾ (taṅṅaḷ) താങ്കൾ (tāṅkaḷ) |
തങ്ങൾ (taṅṅaḷ) താങ്കൾ (tāṅkaḷ) താം (tāṁ) | |||
| 2nd person | നീ (nī) (informal) നിങ്ങൾ (niṅṅaḷ) (formal) താങ്കൾ (tāṅkaḷ) (formal) Thesaurus:നീ |
നിങ്ങൾ (niṅṅaḷ) നീം (nīṁ) | |||
| 3rd person | masculine | ഇവൻ (ivaṉ) (proximal) അവൻ (avaṉ) (distal) Thesaurus:അവൻ എവൻ (evaṉ) (interrogative) |
ഇവർ (ivaṟ) (proximal) അവർ (avaṟ) (distal) എവർ (evaṟ) (interrogative) ആര് (ārŭ) (interrogative) | ||
| feminine | ഇവൾ (ivaḷ) (proximal) അവൾ (avaḷ) (distal) എവൾ (evaḷ) (interrogative) | ||||
| non-human | ഇത് (itŭ) (proximal) അത് (atŭ) (distal) ഏത് (ētŭ) (interrogative) |
ഇവ (iva) (proximal) ഇവറ്റ (ivaṟṟa) (proximal) അവ (ava) (distal) അവറ്റ (avaṟṟa) (distal) എവ (eva) (interrogative) | |||