أي

See also: إي, آی, and ای

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

أَيُّ or أَيَّ or أَيِّ or أَيٌّ or أَيًّا or أَيٍّ • (ʾayyu or ʾayya or ʾayyi or ʾayyun or ʾayyan or ʾayyin) ?

1. which ...? what ...? what kind of ...? (followed by a noun in the genitive or a prepositional enclitic)

Derived terms

• أَيٌّ مَا‏ (ʾayyun mā)

Etymology 2

Adverb

أَيْ • (ʾay)

1. that is to say, namely

References

• “أي” in J.A. Haywood and H.M. Nahmad (1965), A new Arabic grammar (second edition), London: Lund Humphries, ISBN 0-85331-585-X