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See also: ٕ and ٴ

◌ٔ U+0654, ٔ ARABIC HAMZA ABOVE ← ◌ٓ [U+0653] Arabic ◌ٕ → [U+0655]

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /amaːlɨ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ə/

Letter

ٔ • (ạ) (no case, Devanagari equivalent ऺ or ॅ)

1. a vowel sign of Kashmiri.

See also

• Vowel : أ (ạ)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Letter

ٔ • (hemze) (no case)

1. A diacritical mark of the Arabic script in Ottoman Turkish, a form of the letter ء (hemze).

Etymology 2

From Classical Persian ـٔ (-yi), from Middle Persian Y (ī), from Proto-Iranian *Hyáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyós (relative pronoun).

Particle

ـٔ • (-i, -ı)

1. Form of the izafet particle ـِ after the vowel ـه (-e, -a)

   شیعهٔ علی ― Şîa-ı Alî ― the Party of Ali, the Shia

Descendants

• Turkish: -i, -ı

Persian

Etymology 1

Letter

ٔ • (hamze) (no case)

1. A diacritical mark of the Arabic script in Persian, a form of the letter ء (hamze).

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian Y (ī), from Proto-Iranian *Hyáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyós (relative pronoun).

Alternative forms

• ی (-ye) (non-joining)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /‿ˈji/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [‿jɪ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [‿jɪ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [‿jɪ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [‿ji]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [‿je]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [‿ji]

Readings
Classical reading?	-yi
Dari reading?	-yi
Iranian reading?	-ye
Tajik reading?	-yi

Particle

Dari	ـٔ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	-и

ـٔ • (-ye)

1. Form of the ezafe particle ـِ after the vowel ـه (-e)

   خانهٔ بزرگ ― xâne-ye bozorg ― the big house

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: -yi- (forming -eyi-)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: -ए- (-e-)
  • Urdu: ـٔ (-yi) (forming ـَۂ (-a-yi))
• → Ottoman Turkish: ـٔ (-i, -ı) (forming ـهٔ (-e-i, -a-ı))
  • Turkish: -i, -ı