ya min

Definition of ya min

mine, my, belonging to me, I, privately owned, of me, indicating of my family; “mother, father, brother etc.”

Other forms

min, -a min

Example Sentences

- Kodîka Birçê ya min: My bear cub.
- Pêwendiya min ligel wan nine: I have no connection with them whatsoever.
- Ya min e: That's mine.
- Dîya min: My mother.
- Bavê min: My father.
- Birê (Brayê) min: My brother.
- Ev ferheng ne ya min e: This dictionary is not mine (not belong to me).

Etymology

ya (-a, -ê) + min

Proto-Germanic *minaz,
Old English min “mine, “my”,
Old Frisian, Old Saxon Old High German min,
Middle Dutch, Dutch mijn,
German mein,
Old Norse minn,
Gothic meins.

Ultimately from PIE root *me-, oblique form of the personal pronoun of the first person singular,

From Avestan mam,

Sanskrit mam,
Hittite ammuk,
Greek eme,
Latin me, mihi,
Old Irish me,
Welsh mi “me
Old Church Slavonic me.

Updated on August 30, 2023

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