Postposition
में • (mẽ) (Urdu spelling میں)
- in, inside of
- Synonym: के अंदर (ke andar)
- घर में ― ghar mẽ ― inside the house
- कमरे में ― kamre mẽ ― in the room
- within
- Synonym: के अंदर (ke andar)
मेरे सिर में दर्द हो रहा है।- mere sir mẽ dard ho rahā hai.
- My head is hurting.
- (literally, “There is pain within my head.”)
- into
- वह पानी में गिर पड़ा। ― vah pānī mẽ gir paṛā. ― He fell into the water.
- गिलास में ― gilās mẽ ― into the glass
- during
- Synonym: के दौरान (ke daurān)
छूट्टियों में मैं लंदन जा रहा हूँ।- chūṭṭiyõ mẽ ma͠i landan jā rahā hū̃.
- I'm going to London during the holidays.
- रात में ― rāt mẽ ― in the night
- वर्ष १९९४ में ― varṣ 1994 mẽ ― during the year 1994
- for the price of
- सौ रुपये में ― sau rupye mẽ ― for the price of 100 rupees
- between, among
सारे लोग में केक बाँट दिया।- sāre log mẽ kek bā̃ṭ diyā.
- The cake was divided among all the people.
इन तीन क़मीज़ोंमें कौनसी अच्छी है?- in tīn qamīzõmẽ kaunsī acchī hai?
- Between these three shirts which one is best?
Derived terms
- में से (mẽ se, “through; out of”)
References
Reinöhl, Uta (2016) “The diverse origins of the Hindi simple postpositions”, in Grammaticalization and the Rise of Configurationality in Indo-Aryan, →ISBN
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “में”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “में”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “में”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mádhya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press