Pashto

Letter

ی • ‎(nârina ye)

1. The forty-third letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Usage notes

• If preceded by a consonant, the letter ی represents /ai/.
• If preceded by a vowel, ی represents /j/.

See also

• Previous letter: ې
• Next letter: ۍ

Persian

Etymology 1

Modification of ي.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [j], [iː], [eː]
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [je] (letter name)

Letter

ﻯ / ﻳ / ﻴ / ﯽ • ‎(ye)

1. The thirty-second and final letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ه. Its name is یه ‎(ye) or یا ‎(yâ).

See also

• ى (Arabic yā’)
• Wikipedia article on the Perso-Arabic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: ی

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian Y ‎(ī).

Alternative forms

• ٔ ‎(-ye): used for words ending in ـه ‎(-e) (ـهٔ ‎(-e-ye))
• ای ‎(-i) (misspelling, Dari)

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [je]

Particle

ی • ‎(-ye)

1. the grammatical particle ezafe; see Appendix:Persian ezâfe

Usage notes

Used after words ending in the vowels ـه ‎(-e), ـا ‎(-â), or ـو ‎(-u, -o).