ی

See also: 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], ـی‎, 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]

ی U+06CC, ی
ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH
← ۋ
[U+06CB] 		Arabic ۍ →
[U+06CD]
ﯼ U+FBFC, ﯼ
ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH ISOLATED FORM
← ﯻ
[U+FBFB] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﯽ →
[U+FBFD]
ﯽ U+FBFD, ﯽ
ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH FINAL FORM
← ﯼ
[U+FBFC] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﯾ →
[U+FBFE]
ﯾ U+FBFE, ﯾ
ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH INITIAL FORM
← ﯽ
[U+FBFD] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﯿ →
[U+FBFF]
ﯿ U+FBFF, ﯿ
ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH MEDIAL FORM
← ﯾ
[U+FBFE] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﰀ →
[U+FC00]

Pashto

Pronunciation
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /nɑriˈna je/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ai/, /j/

Letter

ی • (nârina ye)

  1. The forty-third letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms
Isolated formFinal form
یـی

Usage notes
  • If preceded by a consonant, the letter ی represents /ai/.
  • If preceded by a vowel, ی represents /j/.

See also
  • Previous letter: ې‎
  • Next letter: ۍ‎

Persian

Etymology 1

Earlier version of ی‎ without إِعْجَام‎ (ʾiʿjām, “letter dots”) in the final form.

Pronunciation

Letter

ی / ﻳ / ﻴ / ﯽ • (ye)

  1. 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 also

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian Y (ī).

Alternative forms
  • ٔ‎ (-ye): used for words ending in ـه‎ (-e) (ـهٔ‎ (-e-ye))
  • ای‎ (-i) (misspelling, Dari)

Pronunciation

Particle
Dari Persian ی‎
Iranian Persian ی‎
Tajiki Persian и (i)

ی • (-ye)

  1. the grammatical particle ezafe; see Appendix:Persian ezâfe

Usage notes

Used after words ending in the vowels ـه‎ (-e), ـا‎ (-â), or ـو‎ (-u, -o).

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