یی

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?	yī
Dari reading?	yī
Iranian reading?	yi
Tajik reading?	yi

Suffix

یی • (-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”) + ‎یی → ‎طلایی (talâyi, “golden”)

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

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

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

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

Derived terms

Persian terms suffixed with یی

See also

• گی (-egi)