ى

See also: ی [U+06CC ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH]‎, ي [U+064A ARABIC LETTER YEH]‎, ې [U+06D0 ARABIC LETTER E]‎, ۍ [U+06CD ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH TAIL]‎, ۓ [U+06D3 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE WITH HAMZA ABOVE]‎, and ئ [U+0626 ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE]‎

ى U+0649, ى ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA ← و [U+0648] Arabic ي → [U+064A]

ﻯ U+FEEF, ﻯ ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA ISOLATED FORM ← ﻮ [U+FEEE] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻰ → [U+FEF0]

ﻰ U+FEF0, ﻰ ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA FINAL FORM ← ﻯ [U+FEEF] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻱ → [U+FEF1]

ﯨ U+FBE8, ﯨ ARABIC LETTER UIGHUR KAZAKH KIRGHIZ ALEF MAKSURA INITIAL FORM ← ﯧ [U+FBE7] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﯩ → [U+FBE9]

ﯩ U+FBE9, ﯩ ARABIC LETTER UIGHUR KAZAKH KIRGHIZ ALEF MAKSURA MEDIAL FORM ← ﯨ [U+FBE8] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﯪ → [U+FBEA]

Arabic

Alternative forms

• Also the final or isolated form of ي in the Nile Valley, electronically, similar to the Persian ی.

Etymology 1

Letter

ى • (-ā)

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ى	ـى	ـىـ	ىـ

1. Only written in the final position, transliterated ā. Also called أَلِف لَيِّنَة‎ (ʔalif layyina, “flexible alif”). In the rare case of a rasm version of Quran, it is the yāʾ version.
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:30:

     ‏قَالَ إِنِّی عَبۡدُ ٱللَّهِ ءَاتَىٰنِیَ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ وَجَعَلَنِی نَبِیࣰّا‎

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *-ay-.

Suffix

ـَى or ـَا • (-ā or -ā)

1. Used to form feminine adjectives.

   دُنْيَا‎ (dunyā)

   قُصْوَى‎ (quṣwā)

   مَلْأَى‎ (malʔā)

Kazakh

Cyrillic	Ы, ы/І, і (Y, y/I, ı)
Arabic	ى
Latin	Y, y/ı, ı

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ja/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ə/ (back)
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɘ/, /i/ (front)

Letter

ى • (ı, i)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ы or І.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ى	ـى	ـىـ	ىـ

Usage notes

• Represents the back vowel phoneme /ə/, unless a small ء (hamza) was placed in the beginning of the word. In Kazakh the Hamza marks that all vowels in the following word are fronted. If ى is the initial letter of a word and is representing a front vowel, it is combined with the hamza and the variant ٸ is used.

See also

• ٸ‎ (word-initial front-vowel varient)
• Previous letter: ۆ‎
• Next letter: ي‎
• (Arabic script letters) ا‎, ب‎, پ‎, ﺕ‎, ﺝ‎, ﭺ‎, ﺡ‎, ﺩ‎, ﺭ‎, ﺯ‎, ﺱ‎, ﺵ‎, ﻉ‎, ﻑ‎, ﻕ‎, ك‎, گ‎, ڭ‎, ﻝ‎, ﻡ‎, ﻥ‎, ە‎, ھ‎, و‎, ۇ‎, ۋ‎, ۆ‎, ى, ي‎.

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [jə]
• (Phoneme, Opened ultima only) IPA^(key): [ə]

Letter

ى / ـى‎

1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حروف‎; ا‎,‎ ب‎,‎ ت‎,‎ ث‎,‎ ج‎,‎ چ‎,‎ ح‎,‎ خ‎,‎ د‎,‎ ذ‎,‎ ر‎,‎ ز‎,‎ س‎,‎ ش‎,‎ ص‎,‎ ض‎,‎ ط‎,‎ ظ‎,‎ ع‎,‎ غ‎,‎ ڠ‎,‎ ف‎,‎ ڤ‎,‎ ق‎,‎ ک‎,‎ ݢ‎,‎ ل‎,‎ م‎,‎ ن‎,‎ و‎,‎ ۏ‎,‎ ه‎,‎ ء‎,‎ ي‎,‎ ى,‎ ڽ‎ ^[edit]

Uyghur

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ى • (i)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ى	ـى	ـىـ	ىـ

Usage notes

• UYY - ULY: Ii
• USY: Ии

See also

• Previous letter: ئې‎ (ë)