ـیی

See also: ئى

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [.jiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [.jiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [.jiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [.jiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [.ji]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [.jiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [.ji]

Readings
Classical reading?
Dari reading?
Iranian reading?
Tajik reading?

Suffix

ـیی • (-yi)

1. form of the suffix ـی for words that end in the long vowels ـا (-â) and ـو (-u), and after ـه (-a) in standard Dari

   ‎طلا (talâ, “gold”) + ‎ـیی → ‎طلایی (talâyi, “golden”)

   ‎فضا (fazâ, “space”) + ‎ـیی → ‎فضایی (fazâyi, “spatial”)

   ‎دوجنس‌گرا (do-jens-garâ, “bisexual”) + ‎ـیی → ‎دوجنس‌گرایی (do-jens-garâyi, “bisexuality”)

   ‎جنگجو (jangju, “militant”) + ‎ـیی → ‎جنگجویی (jangjuyi, “militance”)

   ‎جستجو (jostoju, “search”) + ‎ـیی → ‎جستجویی (jostojuyi, “searching”)

Derived terms

Persian terms suffixed with ـیی

See also

• ـگی (-egi)