ی

Character	ی
Unicode name	ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH
Arabic	U+06CC

See also ې, ي, ئ, ۍ, and ـی

Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /nɑriˈna je/
• (phoneme): IPA: /ai/, /j/

Letter

ی (nârina ye)

1. The forty-third letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ی	ـی

Usage notes

• If preceded by a consonant, the letter ی represents /ai/.
• If preceded by a vowel, ی represents /j/.

See also

• Previous letter: ې
• Next letter: ۍ

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Persian

Etymology

Modification of ي.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [j], [iː], [eː]

Letter

ﻯ / ﻳ / ﻴ / ﯽ (ye)

1. The thirty-second and final letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ه. Its name is یه (ye) or یا (yâ).

See also

• ى (Arabic yā’)
• Wikipedia article on the Perso-Arabic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: ی