Arabic

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.

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. me, my (bound object pronoun)

   لي (lī) — to me

Usage notes

أَنَا ‎(ʾanā) has three enclitic forms which are employed in different contexts and are generally not interchangeable. The enclitic form ـنِي ‎(-nī) is 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 form ـِي ‎(-ī) is used elsewhere, but in cases where ـِي ‎(-ī) would be preceded by a long vowel, ـيَ ‎(-ya) is used instead.

Suffix

ـِيّ • ‎(-iyy)

1. nisba suffix, extremely productive suffix used to derive adjectives (with the meaning "related to ...") or nouns (with the meaning "person related to ...") from other nouns (cf. 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
• ی (Persian ye, Urdu ćho.tī yé)
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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

• (Arabic script letters) حروف; ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ ث,‎ ج,‎ چ,‎ ح,‎ خ,‎ د,‎ ذ,‎ ر,‎ ز,‎ س,‎ ش,‎ ص,‎ ض,‎ ط,‎ ظ,‎ ع,‎ غ,‎ ڠ,‎ ف,‎ ڤ,‎ ق,‎ ک,‎ ݢ,‎ ل,‎ م,‎ ن,‎ و,‎ ۏ,‎ ه,‎ ء,‎ ي,‎ ى,‎ ڽ ^[edit]

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

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

See also

• Previous letter: ئى ‎(i)