ای

ای (ī)

1. I

ای • (ey)

1. oh
2. eh
3. well
4. hey

From Middle Persian ʾy (ay).

ای • (ay)

1. that is to say

From اگر‎ (agar).

• (dialectal: Shiraz, Abadan) IPA^(key): /æj/
• (dialectal: most Southern dialects of Persian) IPA^(key): /ej/

ای • (ay, ey)

1. (dialectal) if

   ای وه‌ش گفتی نه خسته می‌گو بشی تا كولتاوم.‎

   Éy vaš gófti na xáste migú béši tâ kúlet-awom. (Proverb, Dashtestan)

   If you tell him don't bother (more power to your elbow), he would say let me ride on your shoulder.

   روز مرگُم باشه ای یی رو بفَمَم که اَزُم سیر شده وُ دوسُم نداره.‎

   Ruze margom baše ay yey ru befāmam ke azom sir šode o dusom nadâre. (Shiraz)

Onomatopoeia. Compare Ottoman Turkish ای‎ (ey).

ای • (ey)

1. O

• ای بابا‎ (ey bâbâ)

From Middle Persian ʾyd (ēd, “this”).

ای • (i)

1. (dialectal, Kabol, Mashhad, Shiraz, Kazerun, Dashtestan, Bushehr) this

ای • (-i)

1. Alternative form of ی‎

Used for words ending in ـه (-e).

ای • (ey)

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

• دی‌ان‌ای‎ (di-en-ey)