یی

See also: ئى

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [jiː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jiː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jiː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ji]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jiː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ji]

Readings
Classical reading^?	yī
Dari reading^?	yī
Iranian reading^?	yi
Tajik reading^?	yi

Suffix

یی • (-yi)

Form of the suffix for words that end in the long vowels (-â) and (-u). (and after (-a) in standard Dari)
‎ (talâ, “gold”) + ‎ → ‎ (talâyi, “golden”)

‎ (fazâ, “space”) + ‎ → ‎ (fazâyi, “spatial”)

‎ (do-jens-garâ, “bisexual”) + ‎ → ‎ (do-jens-garâyi, “bisexuality”)

‎ (jangju, “militant”) + ‎ → ‎ (jangjuyi, “militance”)

‎ (jostoju, “search”) + ‎ → ‎ (jostojuyi, “searching”)

Derived terms

Persian terms suffixed with یی

See also

گی (-egi)

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