ـیه
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya). Doublet of ـیت (-iyyat).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /‿ij.ˈja/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [‿i.jé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [‿i.já]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ‿iyya |
| Dari reading? | ‿iya |
| Iranian reading? | ‿iye |
| Tajik reading? | ‿iya |
Suffix
[edit]ـیه • (-iyye)
- dated form of ـیت (-iyyat, “-ness, -ity”)
- Used in certain country names.
- (Sufism) Used in the names of Sufi orders.
- مولوی (mowlavi, a title of Rumi) + ـیه (-iyye) → مولویه (mowlaviyye, “Mevlevi Order”)
- چشت (češt, a town in Afghanistan where the early masters hailed) + ـیه (-iyye) → چشتیه (češtiyye, “Chishti Order”)
- (historical) Used in the names of certain dynastic periods.
- زند (zand) + ـیه (-iyye) → زندیه (zandiyye, “Zand period”)
- قاجار (qâjâr) + ـیه (-iyye) → قاجاریه (qâjâriyye, “Qajar period”)