Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/tera/ ਤ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Word Word # ਤੇਰਾ tera Say it**teh-raa, long 'a' in both syllables**Type**Word**Shahmukhiتیرا In short Tera (ਤੇਰਾ) is the Punjabi word for 'your' or 'yours' when you speak to one person you are close to, a friend, a family member or a child. It is the possessive form of tu, the familiar 'you'. Its other forms are tere and teri, and its polite partner is tuhada; it comes from tu with the old -era ending, and it is written تیرا in Shahmukhi. ## How it's used 1. 1ਤੇਰਾ ਨਾਂ ਕੀ ਹੈ?What is your name? 2. 2ਇਹ ਤੇਰਾ ਘਰ ਹੈ।This is your house. 3. 3ਤੇਰੀ ਕਿਤਾਬ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਹੈ?Where is your book? Show 2 more examples 1. 4ਤੇਰੇ ਦੋਸਤ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਹਨ?Where are your friends? 2. 5ਤੇਰਾ ਖਾਣਾ ਤਿਆਰ ਹੈ।Your food is ready. ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਤੇਰਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਨਜ਼ਦੀਕੀ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਸੰਬੰਧ ਦੱਸਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਤੂੰ ਦਾ ਸੰਬੰਧਕ ਰੂਪ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਦੋਸਤਾਂ, ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਅਤੇ ਬੱਚਿਆਂ ਲਈ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। 'ਤੇਰਾ ਘਰ' ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ 'your house' ਅਤੇ 'ਇਹ ਤੇਰਾ ਹੈ' ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ 'this is yours'। ਇਸ ਦੇ ਹੋਰ ਰੂਪ ਹਨ ਤੇਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਤੇਰੇ: 'ਤੇਰੀ ਕਿਤਾਬ' ਅਤੇ 'ਤੇਰੇ ਦੋਸਤ'। ਸਤਿਕਾਰ ਲਈ ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਜਿਵੇਂ ਵੱਡਿਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਅਧਿਆਪਕਾਂ ਨਾਲ। ਇਹ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਤੂੰ ਤੋਂ ਪੁਰਾਣੇ -ਏਰਾ ਅੰਤ ਨਾਲ ਬਣਿਆ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਸ਼ਾਹਮੁਖੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਸ ਨੂੰ تیرا ਲਿਖਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ## What does tera mean in Punjabi? Tera (ਤੇਰਾ) is the Punjabi word for 'your' or 'yours' when you talk to one person you are close to: a friend, a brother or sister, or a child. It is the possessive form of tu, the familiar word for 'you'. 'Tera ghar' means 'your house', and 'eh tera hai' means 'this is yours'. ## The origin of tera Tera is built from tu, 'you', with the old possessive ending -era, so it carries the sense of 'belonging to you'. The same pattern gives mera, 'my', from main, 'I'. The ending runs back to the old Indo-Aryan languages: Wiktionary traces the root to the Sanskrit word tvam, 'you', the root behind tu itself. In Shahmukhi, the Perso-Arabic script used for Punjabi in Pakistan, tera is written تیرا. ## What are the forms of tera? Tera changes to match the thing it describes, not the person it belongs to. Before a masculine singular noun it stays tera: 'tera ghar', your house, and 'tera dost', your friend. Before a feminine noun it becomes teri: 'teri kitaab', your book, and 'teri gall', your word. Before a masculine plural noun, and whenever the noun takes an oblique case, it becomes tere: 'tere dost', your friends. Learners only need these three: tera, teri and tere. ## Tera or tuhada: when to use which? Tera is for closeness, so tuhada is the safe word everywhere else. Use tera with close friends, younger family members and children, and anyone who has invited you to drop the formalities. With elders, strangers, teachers and anyone older than you, use tuhada instead: 'tuhada ghar' sounds respectful where 'tera ghar' can sound rude. One more rule: tera is always singular. Talking to two friends, even close ones, takes tuhada, just as speaking to them takes tusi instead of tu. ## Tera in everyday phrases Tera turns up in the small phrases that fill a Punjabi day. 'Tera naam ki hai?' asks 'What is your name?', 'tera pind kithe hai?' asks 'Where is your village?', and 'eh tera hai' says 'this is yours'. A mother calls her child with 'tera khaana tayaar hai', your food is ready, and a friend asks another 'tera ki haal hai?', how are you? In songs, tera carries feeling: 'tera chehra chann jeha', your face is like the moon. Once you know tera and its partner mera, 'my', you can talk about what belongs to whom in Punjabi. ## Related words [ਤੂੰtuYou (informal, intimate, singular)](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/tu/)[ਮੈਂmainI; me (first-person singular pronoun)](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/main/)[ਮੇਰਾmeraMy; mine](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/mera/)[ਤੁਹਾਡਾtuhadaYour; yours (polite, plural)](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/tuhada/)[ਤੁਸੀਂtusiYou (polite, plural)](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/tusi/) Advertisement Sources (3) 1. [Wiktionary: ਤੇਰਾ; genitive of ਤੂੰ; your, yours; ਤੂੰ + -ਏਰਾ; IPA /t̪eː.ɾäː/](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ਤੇਰਾ) 2. [Rekhta Dictionary: teraa (تیرا); pronoun; yours, thy, thine; tere, yours; terii, thy, your; origin Sanskrit](https://rekhtadictionary.com/meaning-of-teraa-1?keyword=Tuuraa) 3. 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