ہم

See also: هم

Urdu

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦəm/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Hindi हम (hama), हंम (haṃma), from Sauraseni Apabhramsa अम्हे (amhe), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe), from Sanskrit अस्मे (asme).

Pronoun

ہَم • (ham) (Hindi spelling हम)

first-person plural subjective or objective personal pronoun: we, us; plural of مَیں (ma͠i), مُجھ (mujh)
ہَم ہون٘گے کامْیاب۔ ― ham hoṅge kāmyāb. ― we will be successful.

ہَم سے نا کَبھی جُدا ہونا۔ ― ham se nā kabhī judā honā. ― Don't ever separate from us.
(formal, majestic plural) first-person singular subjective or objective personal pronoun: I, me

Usage notes

Because ہَم (ham) can mean both we and I (majestic plural or royal "we"), sometimes ہَم لوگ (ham log) is used to specifically denote the plural. Usually context makes it clear when ہَم (ham) is being used for we or for I. It is inflected and used grammatically the same for both meanings.

Derived terms

ہَماہَمی (hamāhamī)

Determiner

ہَم • (ham) pl (Hindi spelling हम)

The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person; we, us.
ہَم پاکِسْتانی بَہُت مِہْمان نَواز ہوتے ہَیں۔
ham pākistānī bahut mihmān navāz hote ha͠i.
We Pakistanis tend to be very hospitable.
(formal, majestic plural) The speaker/writer; I, me.

Declension

declension of ہم

direct	ہَم (ham) (ham)
indirect	ہَم (ham) (ham)
ergative	ہَم نے (ham ne) (ham-ne)
genitive	ہَمارا (hamārā) (hamārā)
dative/ accusative	ہَمیں (hamẽ) (hamẽ), ہَم کو (ham ko) (ham-ko)

Urdu personal pronouns
Person	Description		Direct case	Indirect case	Ergative case	Dative/Accusative case
1^st person	singular		مَیں (ma͠i)	مُجھ (mujh)	مَیں نے (ma͠i ne)	مُجھ کو (mujh ko), مُجھے (mujhe)
	formal (rare)		خَاکْسَار (xāksār)		خَاکْسَار نے (xāksār ne)	خَاکْسَار کو (xāksār ko)
	plural		ہَم (ham)		ہَم نے (ham ne)	ہَم کو (ham ko), ہَمیں (hamẽ)
2^nd person	informal (intimate)		تُو (tū)	تُجھ (tujh)	تُو نے (tū ne)	تُجھ کو (tujh ko), تُجھے (tujhe)
	semiformal (familiar)		تُم (tum)		تُم نے (tum ne)	تُم کو (tum ko), تُمھیں (tumhẽ)
	formal (polite)		آپ (āp)		آپ نے (āp ne)	آپ کو (āp ko)
3^rd person	proximal	singular / informal	یہ (ye)	اِس (is)	اِس نے (is ne)	اِس کو (is ko), اِسے (ise)
	proximal	plural / formal	یہ (ye)	اِن (in)	اِنھوں نے (inhõ ne)	اِن کو (in ko), اِنھیں (inhẽ)
	distal	singular / informal	وہ (vo)	اُس (us)	اُس نے (us ne)	اُس کو (us ko), اُسے (use)
	distal	plural / formal	وہ (vo)	اُن (un)	اُنھوں نے (unhõ ne)	اُن کو (un ko), اُنھیں (unhẽ)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian (ham), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *somHós. Cognate of English same.

Adverb

ہَم • (ham) (Hindi spelling हम)

Conjunction

ہَم • (ham) (Hindi spelling हम)

References

Platts, John T. (1884) “هم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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