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ـِ • (-i)

1. kasra (كسرَة), indicates a short /i/ or its cognates, indicates a long /iː/ if followed by a ي (yāʔ).

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zeːr/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /i/

ِ • (i)

1. a vowel sign of Kashmiri.

• Vowel : اِ (i)

• Letter name:

  (Dari, Classical) IPA^(key): /zeːɾ/

  (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ziːɾ/

• Phoneme:

  (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /i/

  (Dari) IPA^(key): [ɪ], [ɛ] (usually)

  (Kabuli, Urban) IPA^(key): [ɪ] (predominately)

  (Herati) IPA^(key): [ɛ] (predominately)

  (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [i(ː)], [ɪ(ː)]

  (All dialects, word finally) IPA^(key): /iː/, /eː/

  • Dari has lost terminal short vowels, excluding /a/~/æ/.

  (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /e/

ـِ • (i; e)

1. a vowel diacritic in Persian.

The vowel اِ (e)/(i) in its initial form is اِ , middle form ِ , and final form ںِه

If the diacritic is written in its middle form at the end of a word, that usually indicates that the vowel is pronounced because of اضافه (ezâfe)/() and is not part of the word itself.

• اِ (e)/(i)