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◌ِ U+0650, ِ ARABIC KASRA ← ◌ُ [U+064F] Arabic ◌ّ → [U+0651]

ﹺ U+FE7A, ﹺ ARABIC KASRA ISOLATED FORM ← ﹹ [U+FE79] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﹻ → [U+FE7B]

ﹻ U+FE7B, ﹻ ARABIC KASRA MEDIAL FORM ← ﹺ [U+FE7A] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﹼ → [U+FE7C]

Arabic

Letter

ـِ • (-i)

1. kasra (كسرَة), indicates a short /i/ or its cognates, indicates a long /iː/ if followed by a ي (yāʔ).

See also

Arabic diacritics

ـَ (-a)

ـُ (-u)

ـِ (-i)

ـّ

ـْ

ـً (-an)

ـٌ (-un)

ـٍ (-in)

ـٰ (-ā)

ـۡ‏

ـٓ

ـ۟

ـ۠

ـۢ

ـࣰ (-an)

ـࣱ (-un)

ـࣲ (-in)

ـ۪

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zeːr/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

◌ِ • (◌i)

1. a vowel sign of Kashmiri.

See also

• Vowel : اِ (i)

Persian

Etymology 1

Letter

ـِ • (i / e)

1. a vowel diacritic in Persian, named زیر (zēr / zir) or کسره (kasra / kasre).

Usage notes

• As all vowels in Persian, it must be paired to a consonant and can never appear alone. The letter ا (alif / alef) may act as a silent consonant if one is needed.

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• ـی (-yi / -ye) (used for words ending with the vowels ـا (ā / â) or ـو (ū, ō / u))
• ـهٔ (-yi / -ye) (used after a silent ـه (a / e))

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [‿ɪ], [jɪ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [‿e], [je]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [‿i], [ji]

Readings
Classical reading?	-i, yi
Dari reading?	-i, yi
Iranian reading?	-e, ye
Tajik reading?	-i, yi

Particle

ـِ • (i / e) (Tajik spelling -и)

2. ezafe (particle for words)

Usage notes

• Does not affect stress, which remains on the lemma.
• This form of ezâfe is used after consonants only.

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: -i-
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: -ए- (-e-)
  • Urdu: ِ (-i)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ِ (-i, -ı)
  • Turkish: -i, -ı

(from the form یِ)

• → Azerbaijani: -yi-
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: -ए- (-e-)
  • Urdu: ـئے (-e)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ـی (-yi, -yı)
  • Turkish: -yi, -yı