ى

See also: ی‎, ي‎, ې‎, ۍ‎, ئتے‎, and ۓ‎

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]

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ArabicEdit

LetterEdit

ـَى • (-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 (ʾalif layyina, “flexible alif”). Its occurrence is rare. Its pronunciation length is usually short:

   North Africa: [æ], [ɑ]

   The Levant: [a], [ɑ]

   Arabia: [æ], [a], [ɑ]

   Persian Gulf: [ɐ]

   • When pronounced longly, it is often in careful Literary Arabic pronunciation or in reciting the Quran. All long pronunciations have the same vowel values, with the exception of the gulf pronunciation, the lengthened pronunciation is only [ɑː].

2. The yāʾ ي‎ (y) in the final position, as spelled by the Egyptians and the Sudanese. This was the original form of the letter in final position for both of -ī and -ā, before the creation of ي‎ (y).

SuffixEdit

ـَى or ـَا • (-ā or -ā)

1. Used to form feminine adjectives.

   دُنْيَا‎ (dunyā)

   قُصْوَى‎ (quṣwā)

   مَلْأَى‎ (malʾā)

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MalayEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

ى / ـى‎

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

See alsoEdit

• (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]

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UyghurEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

ى • (i)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

FormsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

• Previous letter: ئې‎ (ë)