وی

See also: وي and وئ

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [waj]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäj]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäj]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wäj]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wäj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vej]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [väj]

Readings
Classical reading?	way
Dari reading?	way
Iranian reading?	vey
Tajik reading?	vay

Pronoun

Dari	وی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	вай

وِی • (vey)

1. (literary, formal) she, he

   Synonym: او (u)

See also

Persian personal pronouns (Iranian Persian)

		singular	plural
1st person		مَن (man)	ما (mâ)
2nd person	familiar	تو (to)	شُما (šomâ)
	polite	شُما (šomâ)
3rd person	general	او (u) اون (on)*	آن‌ها (ân-hâ), آنان (ânân) اونا (onâ)*
	formal	وِی (vey)	ایشان (išân)
	polite	ایشان (išân)
* colloquial pronunciations

Persian personal pronouns (Classical and Dari)

		singular	plural
1st person		من (man), مه (ma)*	ما (mā)
2nd person	familiar	تو (tū)	شما (šumā)
	polite	شما (šumā)
3rd person	general	او (ō), آن (ān)	آن‌ها (ān-hā), آنان (ānān), آنا (ānā)*, اونا (ōnā)*
	formal	وی (way)	ایشان (ēšān)
	polite	ایشان (ēšān)
* colloquial Dari pronunciations

Etymology 2

English vee.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [viː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vi]

Readings
Classical reading?	wī
Dari reading?	wī
Iranian reading?	vi
Tajik reading?	vi

Noun

وی • (vi)

1. Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter v in English and other European languages.

Derived terms

• اچ‌آی‌وی (eč-ay-vi)