Persian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iː]

Suffix

ـی • ‎(-i)

1. Forms adjectives from nouns.

   تهران ‎(Tehrân, “Tehran”) + ـی ‎(-i) = تهرانی ‎(Tehrâni, “Tehrani”)

   خورشید ‎(xoršid, “sun”) + ـی ‎(-i) = خورشیدی ‎(xoršidi, “solar”)

2. Forms surnames.

Usage notes

ـی is the form that follows words ending in consonants. Adjectives ending in the short vowel ـه ‎(-e) will use the form ـگی ‎(-egi) for their derived nouns, while nouns ending in ـه ‎(-e) will usually add the non-joining ای ‎(-i) to form their derived adjectives. Both nouns and adjectives ending in the long vowels ـا ‎(-â) and ـو ‎(-u) will use the form یی ‎(-yi)

As a derivational suffix, ـی and the above-mentioned alternative forms take the stress in a word, as in خورشیدی ‎(xoršidí, “solar”). As the marked indefinite or relative definite suffix, the stress remains on the root of the word, as in خورشیدی ‎(xoršídi, “a sun / the sun which”)

Most Persian surnames end in this suffix.

See also

• Category:Persian words suffixed with ـی

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 ‎(-īh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iː]

Suffix

ـی • ‎(-i)

1. Forms abstract nouns from adjectives.

   بزرگ ‎(bozorg, “big”) + ـی ‎(-i) = بزرگی ‎(bozorgi, “bigness”)

   شیرین ‎(širin, “sweet”) + ـی ‎(-i) = شیرینی ‎(širini, “sweetness”)

   جوان ‎(javân, “young”) + ـی ‎(-i) = جوانی ‎(javâni, “youth”)

Etymology 3

From Middle Persian 𐭸 ‎(ē(w)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA^(key): [eː]
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [iː]

Suffix

ـی • ‎(-ê)

1. a, one