ی

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Character  ی 
Unicode name ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH
Arabic U+06CC
See also ې, ي, ئ, ۍ, and ـی

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Pashto [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

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

Letter [edit]

ی (nârina ye)

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

Forms [edit]

Isolated form Final form
ی ـی

Usage notes [edit]

  • If preceded by a consonant, the letter ی represents /ai/.
  • If preceded by a vowel, ی represents /j/.

See also [edit]

  • Previous letter: ې
  • Next letter: ۍ

Persian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Modification of ي.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [j], [iː], [eː]

Letter [edit]

ﻯ / 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) or یا (yâ).

See also [edit]

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