ي

See also: ى [U+0649 ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA], ی [U+06CC ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH], ې [U+06D0 ARABIC LETTER E], ۍ [U+06CD ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH TAIL], ئ [U+0626 ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE], ے [U+06D2 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE], and ۓ [U+06D3 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE WITH HAMZA ABOVE]

ي U+064A, ي ARABIC LETTER YEH ← ى [U+0649] Arabic ◌ً → [U+064B]

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ي	ـي	ـيـ	يـ

ﻱ U+FEF1, ﻱ ARABIC LETTER YEH ISOLATED FORM ← ﻰ [U+FEF0] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻲ → [U+FEF2]

ﻲ U+FEF2, ﻲ ARABIC LETTER YEH FINAL FORM ← ﻱ [U+FEF1] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻳ → [U+FEF3]

ﻳ U+FEF3, ﻳ ARABIC LETTER YEH INITIAL FORM ← ﻲ [U+FEF2] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻴ → [U+FEF4]

ﻴ U+FEF4, ﻴ ARABIC LETTER YEH MEDIAL FORM ← ﻳ [U+FEF3] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻵ → [U+FEF5]

Acehnese

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ja]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [j]

Letter

ي (ya)

1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Acehnese alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters: حرف (haraih, harah) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ ^[edit]

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the Nabataean letter 𐢍 (l, “yodh”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤉 (l, “yodh”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂝. See also Classical Syriac ܝ (l, “yodh”), Hebrew י (l, “yodh”), Ancient Greek Ι (I), Latin I and Latin J.

Alternative forms

• ی (Egypt)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /jaːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/, /iː/ (in Literary Arabic)
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/, /i(ː)/, /e(ː)/ (in Arabic dialects and loanwords)

Letter

ي / ي‍ـ‍ / ‍ـي‍ـ / ـي • (yāʔ)

1. The twenty-eighth and last letter of the Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by و (w).

Usage notes

• After kasra it is pronounced as a long ī /iː/ or y /j/ after fatḥa, ḍamma and before other vowels.
• In the final position أَلِف مَقْصُورَة (ʔalif maqṣūra, literally “shortened alif”) is always written without dots (ـى). ʔalif maqṣūra always follows a fatḥa and is transliterated as ā; see ى for its pronunciation. It is also called أَلِف لَيِّنَة (ʔalif layyina, literally “flexible alif”).
• The traditional usage remains in Egypt and Sudan, for which the final yāʾ is written without dots and is visually identical to ʔalif maqṣūra.

Descendants

• Persian: ی

Symbol

ي / ي‍ـ‍ / ‍ـي‍ـ / ـي • (yāʔ)

1. The tenth numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by ط (ṭ) and followed by ك (k).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *-ī and/or Proto-Semitic *-ya, from Proto-Afroasiatic *yi (“me”). Compare Biblical Hebrew ־ִי (-i).

Suffix

ـِي or ـِيَ or ـيَ • (-ī or -iya or -ya)

1. bound object pronoun: me, my

   ‎لِـ (li-, “to”) + ‎ـِي (-ī) → ‎لِي (lī, “to me”)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:105:

     قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِبَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعِيَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

     qad jiʔtukum bibayyinatin min rabbikum faʔarsil maʕiya banī ʔisrāʔīla

     I have come to you with clear evidence from your Lord, so send with me the Children of Israel.

Usage notes

أَنَا (ʔanā) has four enclitic forms, used in different contexts and generally not interchangeable. The enclitic forms ـنِي (-nī) and ـنِيَ (-niya) are attached to prepositions ending in نْ (n) with no final vowel (e.g., مِنْ (min) and عَنْ (ʕan)) and to verbs. They may also be added to the class of particles traditionally called "the sisters of إِنَّ (ʔinna)" (except لَعَلَّ (laʕalla)).

The forms ـِي (-ī) and ـيَ (-ya) are used elsewhere mostly interchangeably, though restrictions in metrical poetry often determine which variant is used. All short case endings before the suffix are elided (that is, those of the singular, the broken plural, and the so-called sound feminine plural), as in قَوْلِي (qawlī, “my speech (nominative, accusative, or genitive)”), أَصَابِعِي (ʔaṣābiʕī, “my fingers (nominative, accusative, or genitive)”), and مُعَلِّمَاتِي (muʕallimātī, “my female teachers (nominative, accusative, or genitive)”).

In cases where ـِي (-ī) would be preceded by a long vowel, as when suffixing sound masculine plural nouns or nouns ending in -ā or -an, only ـيَ (-ya) is used and this -n (if present in the first place) is removed, as in أَمْرِيكَايَ (ʔamrīkāya, “my America (nominative, accusative, or genitive)”), عَصَايَ (ʕaṣāya, “my stick (nominative, accusative, or genitive)”), فَتَايَ (fatāya, “my boy (nominative, accusative, or genitive)”).

If the word ends in a long close vowel (that is, -ū or -ī), the long close vowel assimilates to /i/ and the suffix is geminated, thus producing ـِيَّ (-iyya), as in مُعَلِّمِيَّ (muʕallimiyya, “my teachers (nominative, accusative, or genitive)”) (from مُعَلِّمُو (muʕallimū, “(the) teachers of (nominative)”) or مُعَلِّمِي (muʕallimī, “teachers of (accusative or genitive)”)) and قَاضِيَّ (qāḍiyya, “my judge (nominative, accusative, or genitive); my judges (nominative, accusative, or genitive)”) (from قَاضِي (qāḍī, “(the) judge of (nominative)”) or from قَاضُو (qāḍū, “(the) judges of (nominative)”) or قَاضِي (qāḍī, “(the) judges of (accusative or genitive)”)).

As for when it's attached to a deficient sound masculine plural nouns (that is, ending in the diphthong -aw or -aj), it's largely the same. Still, the long close vowel assimilates to /a/ instead, thus producing ـَيَّ (-ayya) as in مُصْطَفَيَّ (muṣṭafayya, “my chosen (ones) (nominative, accusative, or genitive)”) (from مُصْطَفَوْ (muṣṭafaw, “(the) chosen (ones) of (nominative)”) or مُصْطَفَيْ (muṣṭafay, “(the) chosen (ones) of (accusative or genitive)”)).

Therefore, when suffixed, such nouns, like nouns with short endings, are described as indeclinable in traditional Arabic grammar. However, the last long vowel is retained if it is open (that is, -ā), as in إِصْبَعَايَ (ʔiṣbaʕāya, “my two fingers (nominative)”) (from إِصْبَعَا (ʔiṣbaʕā, “(the) two fingers of (nominative)”). If the word ends in the diphthong -aj, ـيَ (-ya) is used, /j/ is elided, and the suffix is geminated, as in إِصْبَعَيَّ (ʔiṣbaʕayya, “my two fingers (accusative or genitive)”) (from إِصْبَعَيْ (ʔiṣbaʕay, “(the) two fingers of (accusative or genitive)”). Thus, suffixed dual nouns are distinguishable in case, unlike all the other forms.

Derived terms

Arabic terms suffixed with ي (pronoun)

اسمي

Related terms

Arabic personal pronouns

Isolated nominative1 pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		أَنَا (ʔanā)	نَحْنُ (naḥnu)
2nd person	m	أَنْتَ (ʔanta)	أَنْتُمَا (ʔantumā)	أَنْتُمْ (ʔantum), أَنْتُمُ (ʔantumu)2
	f	أَنْتِ (ʔanti)		أَنْتُنَّ (ʔantunna)
3rd person	m	هُوَ (huwa)	هُمَا (humā)	هُمْ (hum), هُمُ (humu)2
	f	هِيَ (hiya)		هُنَّ (hunna)
Isolated accusative pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		إِيَّايَ (ʔiyyāya)	إِيَّانَا (ʔiyyānā)
2nd person	m	إِيَّاكَ (ʔiyyāka)	إِيَّاكُمَا (ʔiyyākumā)	إِيَّاكُمْ (ʔiyyākum), إِيَّاكُمُ (ʔiyyākumu)2
	f	إِيَّاكِ (ʔiyyāki)		إِيَّاكُنَّ (ʔiyyākunna)
3rd person	m	إِيَّاهُ (ʔiyyāhu)	إِيَّاهُمَا (ʔiyyāhumā)	إِيَّاهُمْ (ʔiyyāhum), إِيَّاهُمُ (ʔiyyāhumu)2
	f	إِيَّاهَا (ʔiyyāhā)		إِيَّاهُنَّ (ʔiyyāhunna)
Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		ـنِي (-nī), ـنِيَ (-niya), ـي (-y), ـيَ (-ya)3	ـنَا (-nā)
2nd person	m	ـكَ (-ka)	ـكُمَا (-kumā)	ـكُمْ (-kum), ـكُمُ (-kumu)2
	f	ـكِ (-ki)		ـكُنَّ (-kunna)
3rd person	m	ـهُ (-hu), ـهِ (-hi)4	ـهُمَا (-humā), ـهِمَا (-himā)4	ـهُمْ (-hum), ـهُمُ (-humu)2, ـهِم (-him)4, ـهِمِ (-himi)2,4
	f	ـهَا (-hā)		ـهُنَّ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ (-hinna)4

1. Also used to emphasize attached pronouns and as a copula.
2. ـمْ (-m) becomes ـمُ (-mu) (or ـمِ (-mi) with vowel harmony) before the so-called elidable hamza (such as the definite article الـ (al--)).
3. Specifically, ـنِي (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya, “my”) is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـِي (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of “me” rather than “my”. The sisters of inna can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (ʔinnanī) or إِنِّي (ʔinnī)).
4. Vowel harmony: ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw).

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ي

Compare Akkadian -ī, Biblical Hebrew ־ִי (-i) and Egyptian -j.

Suffix

ـِيّ • (-iyy)

2. The nisba suffix, an extremely productive suffix used to derive adjectives (with the meaning “related to ...”) or nouns (with the meaning “person related to ...”) from other nouns

   ‎فَنّ (fann, “art”) + ‎ي (y) → ‎فَنِّيّ (fanniyy, “artistic, artist”)

   ‎عِرَاق (ʕirāq, “Iraq”) + ‎ي (y) → ‎عِرَاقِيّ (ʕirāqiyy, “Iraqi, an Iraqi”)

Derived terms

Arabic terms suffixed with ي (nisba)

آدمي

آرامي

آسيوي

آشوري

آلي

آني

أباريقي

أبجدي

أبدي

أبوي

أجنبي

أحادي

أخروي

أخلاقي

أدبي

أذربيجاني

أذري

أرثوذكسي

أرجواني

أردماني

أردني

أرستقراطي

أرشكي

أرشيدوقي

أرضي

أرمني

أرميني

أرنؤدي

أزلي

أساسي

أسبوعي

أسترالي

أسري

أسلي

أسمانجوني

أسيرينتوميدي

أشعري

أشهلي

أصلي

أصواتي

أطلسي

أفغاني

أفقي

أفلاطوني

أكاديمي

أكاليبتراتي

أكانالونييدي

أكانثاميتروبوديني

أكانثوسيريني

أكانثييدي

أكسفوردي

ألباني

ألتائي

ألفبائي

ألماني

أمازيغي

أمامي

أمدمي

أمريكي

أممي

أموي

أمي

أميبي

أميركي

أناني

أنثوي

أندلسي

أنطاكي

أهلي

أودهي

أوروبي

أوزبكي

أوسترالي

أوغاريتي

أوكراني

أوكسيتاني

أولمبي

أولي

أويغوري

أيضي

أيقوني

أيوبي

إباحي

إباضي

إبداعي

إبراهيمي

إبليسي

إبيقوري

إجباري

إجمالي

إحصائي

إحليلي

إداري

إرادي

إرهابي

إسباني

إستانبولي

إستراتيجي

إسرائيلي

إسكندراني

إسلامي

إسماعيلي

إشعاعي

إصلاحي

إضافي

إطفائي

إعلامي

إغريقي

إقليمي

إلزامي

إلكتروني

إلهي

إماراتي

إمبراطوري

إنجليزي

إندونيسي

إنساني

إنسي

إنقليزي

إنكليزي

إهليجي

إهليلجي

إوزي

إيجابي

إيراني

إيطالي

ابتدائي

ابتزازي

اتحادي

اتفاقي

اثنا عشري

اجتماعي

احتكاكي

اختتامي

اختزالي

اختياري

ارتجاعي

استثنائي

استفزازي

استفهامي

استقلابي

استوائي

استيطاني

اسكتلندي

اسمي

اشتراكي

اصطناعي

افتراضي

اقتصادي

الأصبهاني

الجهاز المناعي

انتقائي

انطوائي

انفرادي

انفصالي

انفعالي

بابلي

باريسي

باشقي

باطني

باكستاني

باكوي

بالستي

ببري

بجاوي

بحري

بحريني

بدعي

بدني

بدهي

بديعي

بديهي

برازيلي

براني

بربري

برتغالي

برتقالي

برتقاني

برشلوني

بركاني

برلماني

بروتستانتي

بروفانسي

بري

بريدي

بشري

بشناقي

بصري

بصلي

بطاني

بعثي

بعلبكي

بغدادي

بكتاشي

بلاستيكي

بلجيكي

بلدي

بلسمي

بلغاري

بلغمي

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaː/

Particle

يَٰـ • (yā-)

1. (Classical Arabic) alternative spelling of يَا (yā) (vocative particle)

Usage notes

See يا#Usage notes for details.

See also

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]
• ى
• ئ (ʔ)
• ی (Persian ye, Urdu ćho.tī yé)
• Search for entries beginning with ي
• Search for entries beginning with ى

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms

• ى, ی (alternative form)

Etymology 1

• From Arabic ي (y). The letter's name comes from Ottoman Turkish یه (ye) or a Learned borrowing from Arabic يَاء (yāʔ)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /je/, /jaːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/, /iː/, /eː/, /i/ (word-final)

Letter

ي • (y)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Egyptian Arabic alphabet, called يه or ياء and written in the Arabic script.
2. misspelling of ى (alif maqṣūra/layyina)

Usage notes

the letter is sometimes spelled as ی in the final position. This was the original form of the letter in final position for both of -ī and -ā, before the creation of ي in the late nineteenth century in the Levant. The continued use of this form long after the creation of ي may be due to Ottoman influence in Egypt where the newer Arabic form was rare and this form was the prevalent. Compare that in Egypt, the Arabic alphabet letters are (still) named based on the Ottoman convention, a practice now almost exclusive to Egypt and Sudan.

Electronically, the similar shaped ى is used and/or interchangable with both the dotted and undotted versions.

See also

• Arabic script letters: حروف (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]

Etymology 2

Inherited from Arabic ـِي (-ī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i(ː)/ (after a consonant)
• IPA^(key): /ja(ː)/ (after a vowel)

Pronoun

ي • (-ī (after a consonant), -yā (after a vowel))

1. enclitic form of انا (anā)
   1. possessive pronoun, attached to nouns: my
   2. prepositional pronoun, attached to prepositions: me

See also

Egyptian Arabic enclitic pronouns

		Singular		Plural
		after consonant	after vowel
1st person	after verb	ـني (-ni)		ـنا (-na)
	else	ـي (-i)	ـيا (-ya)
2nd person	m	ـك (-ak)	ـك (-k)	ـكم (-kum) / ـكو (-ku)
	f	ـك (-ik)	ـكي (-ki) / ـك (-ki)
3rd person	m	ـه (-u) / ـو (-u)	ـه (-h)	ـهم (-hum)
	f	ـها (-ha)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i(ː)/

Suffix

ـي • (-ī)

2. The nisba suffix, an productive suffix used to derive adjectives (with the meaning “related to ...”) or nouns (with the meaning “person related to ...”) from other nouns

Etymology 4

Inherited from Arabic ـِي (-ī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

Suffix

ـي • (-ī)

1. Conjugates imperative second-person feminine verbs from second-person masculine forms.

   ‎حبّ (ḥibb, “love”) + ‎ي → ‎حبّي (ḥibbī, “she loved”)

Etymology 5

Inherited from Arabic يَـ (ya-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈje]

Prefix

يـ • (yi-)

1. Conjugates subjunctive present-tense third-person masculine verbs from first-person singular forms.

   ‎ي + ‎اعمل (aʕmil, “I do”) → ‎يعمل (yiʕmil, “he does”)

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /jaːʔ/
• (phonemes): IPA^(key): /j/, /iː/, /eː/, /i/ (word-final)

Letter

ي • (jāʔ)

1. The twenty-eighth and last letter of the Hijazi Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by و (wāw).

See also

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, هـ, و, ي ^[edit]

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	ي
Cyrillic	И, и/Й, й
Latin	I, i/İ, i

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ja ˌʲeki noˈqat/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /əj/ (back)
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ij/, /ɘj/ (front)
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/ (consonantal)

Letter

ي • (ï, y) (Cyrillic equivalent И or и or Й or й or (sometimes) Ий or ий or :ый)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ى (ı).

Usage notes

• Represents the back vowel diphthong /əj/, unless a small ء (hamza) was placed in the beginning of the word. In Kazakh the Hamza marks that all vowels in the following word are fronted.
• The letter ي cannot act as a vowel in the beginning of a word or when it is written proceeding another vowel. When ي is unable to make a vowel sound, it becomes the consonant sound /j/.

See also

• Arabic script letters: әріптер (äripter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي ^[edit]

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [jɐ]
• (Phoneme, Consonant) IPA^(key): [j]
• (Phoneme, Vowel) IPA^(key): [i], [e], [ɛ]
• (Phoneme, Vowel, Closed ultima, Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): [e], [ɛ]

Letter

ي / ي‍ـ / ‍ـي‍ـ / ـي

1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ ^[edit]

Old Ruthenian

Letter

ي • (j) (Middle Belarusian Arabica)

1. A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, د, ࢮ, ر, ز, ژ, ش, ࢯ, ص, ض, ط, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي (خ, ذ, ڛ, س, ظ, ع, ء) ^[edit]

Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈklaka je/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/, /i/

Letter

ي • (klaka ye)

1. The forty-first letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ۀ and followed by ې.

Suffix

ي • (transliteration needed)

1. indicates the third person plural present form of verbs
2. at the end of nouns and adjectives, indicates that the word is masculine in the singular oblique case or plural direct case
3. used in the non-declining adjective class

Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /jeː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/, /iː/, /eː/

Letter

ي • (ye) (Devanagari equivalent य, Khudabadi equivalent 𑋘)

1. The fifty-second letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ء.

See also

• Arabic script letters: اَکَرَ (akhara) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي ^[edit]

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Arabic ـِي (-ī).

Suffix

ـي • (-i after consonant, -y after vowel) m or f

2. Enclitic form of أنا (ʔana)
3. I, me, my

Usage notes

• This form is only used attached to nouns, prepositions and conjunctions. After verbs, the form ـني (-nī) is used instead.

See also

South Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns

		Singular		Plural
		after consonant	after vowel
1st person	after verb	ـني (-ni)		ـنا (-na)
	else	ـِي (-i)	ـي (-y)
2nd person	m	ـَك (-ak)	ـك (-k)	ـكُم (-kom) / ـكو (-ku)
	f	ـِك (-ek)	ـكي (-ki)
3rd person	m	ـُه (-o)	ـه (-h)	ـهُم (-hom)
	f	ـها (-ha)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Arabic ـِي (-ī).

Suffix

ـي • (-i) m (feminine ـيّة (-iyye), plural ـيّين (-iyyīn))

1. Nisba suffix turning nouns into adjectives or nouns for people related to

Uyghur

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /je/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/

Letter

ي • (ye)

1. The thirty-second and last letter of the Uyghur alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ئى (i).

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /jí/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/

Letter

ي (transliteration needed) (Latin equivalent Y or y)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by و.