ی
See also: ـی, ې [U+06D0 ARABIC LETTER E], ي [U+064A ARABIC LETTER YEH], ئ [U+0626 ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE], ۍ [U+06CD ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH TAIL], ے [U+06D2 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE], ى [U+0649 ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA], and ۓ [U+06D3 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE WITH HAMZA ABOVE]
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ArabicEdit
LetterEdit
ی
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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ی | ـی | ـیـ | یـ |
- (Egypt, Sudan) 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) in the late nineteenth century in the Levant. The continued use of this form long after the creation of ي (y) may be due to Ottoman influence in Egypt where the newer Arabic form was rare and this form was the prevalent. Compare that in Egypt, the Arabic alphabet letters are (still) named based on the Ottoman convention, a practice now almost exclusive to Egypt and Sudan. Electronically, the similar shaped ى is used.
BaltiEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ی (i)
- The fourty-fifth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
BurushaskiEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ی (y)
- The fourty-eighth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
KashmiriEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ی • (y)
- The forty-first letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.
FormsEdit
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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ی | ـی | ـیـ | یـ |
See alsoEdit
PashtoEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ی • (nârina ye)
- The forty-third letter of the Pashto alphabet.
FormsEdit
Isolated form | Final form |
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ی | ـی |
Usage notesEdit
- If preceded by a consonant, the letter ی represents /ai/.
- If preceded by a vowel, ی represents /j/.
- If the letter follows a consonant in a word, it indicates the word is masculine singular and in the direct case. At the end of verbs it is used to form verbal participles in the masculine.
- In Pakistan, ے is used instead.
See alsoEdit
PersianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Earlier version of ي (y) without إِعْجَام (ʔiʕjām, “letter dots”) in the final form.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): [j], [iː], [eː]
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): [je] (letter name)
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /ja/
LetterEdit
ی / ﻳ / ﻴ / ﯽ • (ye)
- The thirty-second and final letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ه. Its name is یه (ye) or یا (yâ).
See alsoEdit
- ى (Arabic yā’)
- Wikipedia article on the Perso-Arabic alphabet
- Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: ی
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Persian Y (ī), from Proto-Iranian *Hyáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-European *yós (relative pronoun).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): [je]
ParticleEdit
Dari | ی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | и (i) |
ی • (-ye)
- the grammatical particle ezafe; see Appendix:Persian ezâfe
Usage notesEdit
Written after words ending in the vowels ـه (-e), ـا (-â), or ـو (-u, -o).
UrduEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰoː.ʈiː‿jeː/
- (phoneme):
- (consonant) (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /j/
- (vowel): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɛː/, /eː/, /iː/
LetterEdit
ی • (choṭī ye)
- The thirty-eighth letter of the Urdu alphabet.
FormsEdit
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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ی | ـی | ـیـ | یـ |