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◌ِ U+0650, ِ ARABIC KASRA ← ◌ُ [U+064F] Arabic ◌ّ → [U+0651]

ﹺ U+FE7A, ﹺ ARABIC KASRA ISOLATED FORM ← ﹹ [U+FE79] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﹻ → [U+FE7B]

ﹻ U+FE7B, ﹻ ARABIC KASRA MEDIAL FORM ← ﹺ [U+FE7A] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﹼ → [U+FE7C]

Arabic

Letter

ـِ • (-i)

1. kasra (كسرَة), indicates a short /i/ or its cognates, indicates a long /iː/ if followed by a ي (yāʔ).

See also

Arabic diacritics

ـَ (-a)

ـُ (-u)

ـِ (-i)

ـّ

ـْ

ـً (-an)

ـٌ (-un)

ـٍ (-in)

ـٰ (-ā)

ـۡ‏

ـٓ

ـ۟

ـ۠

ـۢ

ـࣰ (-an)

ـࣱ (-un)

ـࣲ (-in)

ـ۪

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zeːr/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

◌ِ • (◌i)

1. a vowel sign of Kashmiri.

See also

• Vowel : اِ (i)

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Letter name:

  (Dari, Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /zeːɾ/

  (Iran) IPA^(key): /ziːɾ/

• Phoneme:

  (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /i/

  (Dari) IPA^(key): [ɪ], [ɛ] (usually)

  (Kabuli, Urban) IPA^(key): [ɪ] (predominantly)

  (Herati) IPA^(key): [ɛ] (predominantly)

  (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [i(ː)], [ɪ(ː)]

  (All dialects, word finally) IPA^(key): /iː/, /eː/

  • Dari has lost terminal short vowels, excluding /a/~/æ/.

  (Iran) IPA^(key): /e/

Letter

ـِ • (i; e)

1. a vowel diacritic in Persian.

Forms

The vowel اِ (e)/(i) in its initial form is اِ , middle form ِ , and final form ںِه

Usage notes

If the diacritic is written in its middle form at the end of a word, that usually indicates that the vowel is pronounced because of اضافه (ezâfe)/() and is not part of the word itself (see below).

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian Y (ī), from Proto-Iranian *Hyáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-European *yós (relative pronoun).

Alternative forms

• ـی (-ye) (used for words ending in ا (-â), و (-u, -o), and ـه (-e))
• ـٔ (-ye) (used for words ending in ـه (-e), forming ـهٔ (-e-ye))

Particle

Dari	ِ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	-и

ـِ • (-e)

2. The ezafe particle for words ending in a consonant.

Usage notes

The stress remains on the root of the word to which it is attached.

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: -i-
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: -ए- (-e-)
  • Urdu: ِ (-i)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ِ (-i, -ı)
  • Turkish: -i, -ı

See also

• اِ (e)/(i)