ى

See also: ی [U+06CC ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH], ي [U+064A ARABIC LETTER YEH], ې [U+06D0 ARABIC LETTER E], ۍ [U+06CD ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH TAIL], ئتے, ۓ [U+06D3 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE WITH HAMZA ABOVE], and ئ [U+0626 ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE]

ى U+0649, ى ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA ← و [U+0648] Arabic ي → [U+064A]

ﻯ U+FEEF, ﻯ ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA ISOLATED FORM ← ﻮ [U+FEEE] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻰ → [U+FEF0]

ﻰ U+FEF0, ﻰ ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA FINAL FORM ← ﻯ [U+FEEF] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻱ → [U+FEF1]

ﯨ U+FBE8, ﯨ ARABIC LETTER UIGHUR KAZAKH KIRGHIZ ALEF MAKSURA INITIAL FORM ← ﯧ [U+FBE7] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﯩ → [U+FBE9]

ﯩ U+FBE9, ﯩ ARABIC LETTER UIGHUR KAZAKH KIRGHIZ ALEF MAKSURA MEDIAL FORM ← ﯨ [U+FBE8] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﯪ → [U+FBEA]

Arabic

Etymology 1

Letter

ى • (-ā)

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ى	ـى	ـىـ	ىـ

1. Only written in the final position, transliterated ā. Also called أَلِف لَيِّنَة (ʔalif layyina, “flexible alif”).

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *-ay-.

Suffix

ـَى or ـَا • (-ā or -ā)

1. Used to form feminine adjectives.

   دُنْيَا (dunyā)

   قُصْوَى (quṣwā)

   مَلْأَى (malʔā)

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ى
Cyrillic	Ы, ы/І, і
Latin	Y, y/ı, ı
Yañalif	Ь, ь/J, j (, /J, j)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ja/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ə/ (back)
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɘ/, /i/ (front)

Letter

ى • (ı, i)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ы or І.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ى	ـى	ـىـ	ىـ

See also

• ٸ
• Previous letter: ۆ
• Next letter: ي

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jə]
• IPA^(key): [ə]

Letter

ى / ـى

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

See also

• (Arabic script letters) 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]

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Uyghur

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ى • (i)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ى	ـى	ـىـ	ىـ

Usage notes

• UYY - ULY: Ii
• USY: Ии

See also

• Previous letter: ئې (ë)