ہمارا

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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦə.mɑː.ɾɑː/

Pronoun

ہَمارا • (hamārā) m (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 • (hamārā) m (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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ہمارا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 678