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1. (Egypt, Sudan) The yāʾ ي (y) in the final position, as spelled by the Egyptians and the Sudanese. This was the original form of the letter in final position for both of -ī and -ā, before the creation of ي (y) in the late nineteenth century in the Levant. The continued use of this form long after the creation of ي (y) may be due to Ottoman influence in Egypt where the newer Arabic form was rare and this form was the prevalent. Compare that in Egypt, the Arabic alphabet letters are (still) named based on the Ottoman convention, a practice now almost exclusive to Egypt and Sudan. Electronically, the similar shaped ى is used.

• IPA^(key): /j, i/, [j, i]

ی (transliteration needed)

1. The forty-fifth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

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IPA^(key): /iː/, [iː]

ی (ī)

1. I

• IPA^(key): /j/, [j]

ی (y)

1. The forty-eighth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /lɔkuʈ jeː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/, /iː/

ی • (y)

1. The forty-first letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

• Previous letter: ہ (h)
• Next letter: ے (ē)

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

ی • (nârina ye)

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

• If preceded by a consonant, the letter ی represents /ai/.
• If preceded by a vowel, ی represents /j/.
• If the letter follows a consonant in a word, it indicates the word is masculine singular and in the direct case. At the end of verbs it is used to form verbal participles in the masculine.
• In Pakistan, ے is used instead.

• Previous letter: ې
• Next letter: ۍ

Earlier version of ي (y) without إِعْجَام (ʔiʕjām, “letter dots”) in the final form.

• IPA^(key): [j], [iː], [eː]

(letter name)

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), یی (yē) or یا (yâ).

• ى (Arabic yā’)
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From Middle Persian Y (ī), from Proto-Iranian *Hyáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-European *yós (relative pronoun).

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

ی • (-ye)

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

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

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰoː.ʈiː jeː/
• (phoneme):
  • (consonant) (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /j/
  • (vowel): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɛː/, /eː/, /iː/

ی • (choṭī ye)

1. The thirty-eighth letter of the Urdu alphabet.

• Previous letter: ء
• Next letter: ے (e)

• (Letters of the Urdu alphabet) ا (ء, آ), ب (b), پ (p), ت (t), ٹ (ṭ), ث (s), ج (j), چ (c), ح (h), خ (x), د (d), ڈ (ḍ), ذ (z), ر (r), ڑ (ṛ), ز (z), ژ (ź), س (s), ش (ś), ص (s), ض (z), ط (t), ظ (z), ع ('), غ (ġ), ف (f), ق (q), ک (k), گ (g), ل (l), م (m), ن (n) (ں), ہ (h) (ۂ, ھ), و (w) (ؤ), ی (y) (ئ, ے),