تسیں

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• تُسِی (tusī) — dialectal

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (tumhe).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪ʊ.sĩː/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʊ.siː]
• Rhymes: -ĩː
• Hyphenation: تُ‧سِیں

Pronoun

تُسِیں • (tusīṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁਸੀਂ)

1. second person pronoun polite in singular tense; you (singular, polite)
2. second person pronoun familiar in plural tense; ye, you (plural, familiar)
3. person addressed in reported speech

See also

Punjabi personal pronouns

person			direct case	ergative	dative	accusative
1st person	singular		ਮੈਂ (maĩ) • میں		ਮੈਨੂੰ (mainū̃) • مینوں	ਮੈਥੋਂ (maithõ) • میتھوں
	plural		ਅਸੀਂ (asī̃) • اسیں	ਅਸਾਂ (asā̃) • اساں	ਸਾਨੂੰ (sānū̃) • سانوں	ਸਾਥੋਂ (sāthõ) • ساتھوں
2nd person	informal / singular		ਤੂੰ (tū̃) • توں	ਤੈਂ (taĩ) • تیں	ਤੈਨੂੰ (tainū̃) • تینوں	ਤੈਥੋਂ (taithõ) • تیتھوں
	polite / plural		ਤੁਸੀਂ (tusī̃) • تسیں	ਤੁਸਾਂ (tusā̃) • تساں	ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ (tuhānū̃) • تہانوں	ਤੁਹਾਥੋਂ (tuhāthõ) • تہاتھوں
3rd person proximal	singular		ਇਹ (eh) • ایہہ	ਇਸ (is), ਏਸ (es) • ایس
	plural			ਇਹਨਾਂ (ehnā̃) • ایہناں
3rd person distal	singular		ਉਹ (oh) • اوہ	ਉਸ (us) , ਓਸ (os) • اوس
	plural			ਉਹਨਾਂ (ohnā̃) • اوہناں

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “تُسِیں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “تسیں”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਤੁਸੀਂ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yuṣmad-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press