ي

See also: ى‎ [U+0649 ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA], ی‎ [U+06CC ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH], ې‎ [U+06D0 ARABIC LETTER E], ۍ‎ [U+06CD ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH TAIL], ئ‎ [U+0626 ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE], ے‎ [U+06D2 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE], and ۓ‎ [U+06D3 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE WITH HAMZA ABOVE]

ي U+064A, ي
ARABIC LETTER YEH
← ى
[U+0649] 		Arabic ◌ً →
[U+064B]
ﻱ U+FEF1, ﻱ
ARABIC LETTER YEH ISOLATED FORM
← ﻰ
[U+FEF0] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻲ →
[U+FEF2]
ﻲ U+FEF2, ﻲ
ARABIC LETTER YEH FINAL FORM
← ﻱ
[U+FEF1] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻳ →
[U+FEF3]
ﻳ U+FEF3, ﻳ
ARABIC LETTER YEH INITIAL FORM
← ﻲ
[U+FEF2] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻴ →
[U+FEF4]
ﻴ U+FEF4, ﻴ
ARABIC LETTER YEH MEDIAL FORM
← ﻳ
[U+FEF3] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻵ →
[U+FEF5]

Arabic

Pronunciation
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /jaːʔ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /j/, /iː/ (in Literary Arabic)
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /j/, /i(ː)/, /eː/ (in Arabic dialects and loanwords)

Letter

ي / ي‍ـ‍ / ‍ـي‍ـ / ـي‎ • (yāʾ)

  1. The twenty-eighth and final letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by و‎ (w).

Usage notes
  • After kasra it is pronounced as a long ī IPA(key): /iː/ or y IPA(key): /j/ after fatḥa, ḍamma and before other vowels.
  • In the final position alif maqṣūra (ألف مقصورَة‎ (“restricted alif”)) is always written without dots (ـى‎). alif maqṣūra always follows a fatḥa and is transliterated as ā; see ى‎ for its pronunciation. It is also called alif layyina (ألف لينَة‎ (“flexible alif”))
  • In Egypt and Sudan, the final yāʾ is written without dots and is visually identical to alif maqṣūra.

Descendants
  • Persian: ی‎

Symbol

ي / ي‍ـ‍ / ‍ـي‍ـ / ـي‎ • (yāʾ)

  1. The tenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ط‎ (ṭ) and followed by ك‎ (k).

Suffix

ـِي or ـيَ • (-ī or -ya)

(enclitic form of أَنَا‎ (ʾanā))
  1. bound object pronoun: me, my
    لي‎ (“to me”)

Usage notes

أَنَا‎ (ʾanā) has four enclitic forms which are employed in different contexts and are generally not interchangeable. The enclitic forms ـنِي‎ (-nī) and ـنِيَ‎ (-niya) are attached to verbs, prepositions ending in نْ‎ (n) with no final vowel (e.g., مِنْ‎ (min) and عَنْ‎ (ʿan)), and the sisters of إِنَّ‎ (ʾinna) except لَعَلَّ‎ (laʿalla). The forms ـِي‎ (-ī) and ـيَ‎ (-ya) are used elsewhere, but in cases where ـِي‎ (-ī) would be preceded by a long vowel, only ـيَ‎ (-ya) is used.

Suffix

ـِيّ • (-iyy)

  1. The nisba suffix, an extremely productive suffix used to derive adjectives (with the meaning “related to ...”) or nouns (with the meaning “person related to ...”) from other nouns: for instance, فَنِّيّ‎ (fanniyy, “artistic, artist”) derived from فَنّ‎ (fann, “art”), عِرَاقِيّ‎ (ʿirāqiyy, “Iraqi, an Iraqi”) derived from عِرَاق‎ (ʿirāq, “Iraq”).

See also
  • (Arabic script letters) ا‎ (ā), ب‎ (b), ت‎ (t), ث‎ (ṯ), ج‎ (j), ح‎ (ḥ), خ‎ (ḵ), د‎ (d), ذ‎ (ḏ), ر‎ (r), ز‎ (z), س‎ (s), ش‎ (š), ص‎ (ṣ), ض‎ (ḍ), ط‎ (ṭ), ظ‎ (ẓ), ع‎ (ʿ), غ‎ (ḡ), ف‎ (f), ق‎ (q), ك‎ (k), ل‎ (l), م‎ (m), ن‎ (n), ه‎ (h), و‎ (w), ي (y)
  • Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
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  • ئ‎ (ʾ)
  • ی‎ (Persian ye, Urdu ćho.tī yé)
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Arabic personal pronouns
Isolated nominative pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person أَنَا‎ (ʾanā) نَحْنُ‎ (naḥnu)
2nd person m أَنْتَ‎ (ʾanta) أَنْتُمَا‎ (ʾantumā) أَنْتُمْ‎ (ʾantum)
f أَنْتِ‎ (ʾanti) أَنْتُنَّ‎ (ʾantunna)
3rd person m هُوَ‎ (huwa) هُمَا‎ (humā) هُمْ‎ (hum)
f هِيَ‎ (hiya) هُنَّ‎ (hunna)
Isolated accusative pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person إِيَّايَ‎ (ʾiyyāya) إِيَّانَا‎ (ʾiyyānā)
2nd person m إِيَّاكَ‎ (ʾiyyāka) إِيَّاكُمَا‎ (ʾiyyākumā) إِيَّاكُم‎ (ʾiyyākum)
f إِيَّاكِ‎ (ʾiyyāki) إِيَّاكُنَّ‎ (ʾiyyākunna)
3rd person m إِيَّاهُ‎ (ʾiyyāhu) إِيَّاهُمَا‎ (ʾiyyāhumā) إِيَّاهُمْ‎ (ʾiyyāhum)
f إِيَّاهَا‎ (ʾiyyāhā) إِيَّاهُنَّ‎ (ʾiyyāhunna)
Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person ـنِي‎ (-nī), ـي‎ (-ī), ـيَ‎ (-ya)* ـنَا‎ (-nā)
2nd person m ـكَ‎ (-ka) ـكُمَا‎ (-kumā) ـكُم‎ (-kum)
f ـكِ‎ (-ki) ـكُنَّ‎ (-kunna)
3rd person m ـهُ‎ (-hu), ـهِ‎ (-hi)** ـهُمَا‎ (-humā), ـهِمَا‎ (-himā)** ـهُم‎ (-hum), ـهِم‎ (-him)**
f ـهَا‎ (-hā) ـهُنَّ‎ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ‎ (-hinna)**
* Specifically, ـنِي‎ (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـي‎ (-ī) or ـيَ‎ (-ya, “my”) is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ‎ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـي‎ (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ‎ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـِي‎ (-ī) or ـيَ‎ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of “me” rather than “my”. The sisters of inna can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي‎ (ʾinnanī) or إِنِّي‎ (ʾinnī)), but the longer form (e.g. إِنَّنِي‎ (ʾinnanī)) is usually preferred.
** ـهِـ‎ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ‎ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw).

Malay

Pronunciation
  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [jɐ]
  • (Phoneme, Consonant) IPA(key): [j]
  • (Phoneme, Vowel) IPA(key): [i], [e], [ɛ]
  • (Phoneme, Vowel, Closed ultima, Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): [e], [ɛ]

Letter

ي / ي‍ـ / ‍ـي‍ـ / ـي‎

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

See also

Mozarabic

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Latin ibī (“there”). Compare French y, Catalan hi and Old Spanish y

Adverb

ي (ī)

  1. in this place, here

Pashto

Pronunciation
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ˈklaka je/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /j/, /i/

Letter

ي • (klaka ye)

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

Forms
Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
يـيـيـيـ

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

Uyghur

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

Letter

ي • (ye)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms
Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
يـيـيـيـ

See also
  • Previous letter: ئى‎ (i)
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