Hindi

Pronoun

मैं • ‎(ma͠i) ‎(Urdu spelling میں)

1. I (the first person personal singular pronoun) (Plural: हम ‎(ham) or हम लोग ‎(ham log))

   मैं एक आदमी हूँ।‎

   Ma͠i ek admī hū̃.

   I am a man.

Inflection

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मैं”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.

Old Hindi

Alternative forms

• मै ‎(mai)

Etymology

From Sauraseni Apabrahmsa [script needed] ‎(maĩ), [script needed] ‎(maï), from Sauraseni Prakrit [script needed] ‎(mae), [script needed] ‎(maï), from Sanskrit मया ‎(mayā), instrumental singular of अहम् ‎(aham).

Pronoun

मैं ‎(maiṃ)

1. I
   • c. 1500, Kabir, Assorted Poetry, pad 76, line 3:

     जग मैं देषूँ जग न देषि मोहि‎

     jaga maiṃ deṣūm̐ jaga na deṣi mohi

     I see the world, [but] the world does not see me.