ہمارا

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Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi हमारा (hamārā), हंमारा (haṃmārā), from Apabhramsa अम्हार (amhāra) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) by metathesis; see there for more

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ہَمارا (hamārām (Hindi spelling हमारा)

  1. first-person plural possessive pronoun: ours; plural of میرا (merā)
  2. (formal, majestic plural) first-person singular possessive pronoun: mine

Determiner

ہَمارا (hamārām (Hindi spelling हमारा)

  1. first-person plural possessive determiner: our; plural of میرا (merā)
    • 1904, Muhammad Iqbal, Tarānā-e-Hind :
      سارے جہاں سے اچھا ہندوستاں ہَمارا
      ہم بلبلیں ہیں اس کی، یہ گلستاں ہمارا
      sāre jahā̃ se acchā hindostā̃ hamārā
      ham bulbulẽ ha͠i is kī, ye gulistā̃ hamārā
      Better than the whole world, is our Hindustan;
      We are its nightingales, and it is our flower-garden.
  2. (formal, majestic plural) first-person singular possessive determiner: my

Declension

Declension of ہمارا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct ہمارا (hamārā) ہمارے (hamāre) ہماری (hamārī) ہماری (hamārī)
indirect ہمارے (hamāre) ہمارے (hamāre) ہماری (hamārī) ہماری (hamārī)

See also

Urdu possessive pronouns
1st person singular میرا (merā)
plural ہَمارا (hamārā)
2nd person informal تیرا (terā)
familiar تُمھارا (tumhārā)
formal آپ کا (āp kā)
3rd person singular / informal اِس کا (is kā), اُس کا (us kā)
plural / formal اِن کا (in kā), اُن کا (un kā)

References

  • ہمارا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ہمارا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 678