"ى" meaning in Arabic

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "letter",
        "head": "ى",
        "tr": "-ā"
      },
      "expansion": "ى • (-ā)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Only written in the final position, transliterated ā. Also called أَلِف لَيِّنَة (ʔalif layyina, “flexible alif”). In the rare case of a rasm version of Quran, it is the yāʾ version."
      ],
      "id": "en-ى-ar-character-3mU1Urx~",
      "links": [
        [
          "أَلِف لَيِّنَة",
          "ألف لينة#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "rasm",
          "rasm"
        ],
        [
          "yāʾ",
          "ي"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Also the final"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "isolated form of ي in the Nile Valley"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "when typed on electronic devices"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "which looks similar in shape to the Persian ی in its final"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "isolated form"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ى"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*-ay-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *-ay-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *-ay-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ـَى",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ـَا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "suffix",
        "head": "ـَى",
        "head2": "ـَا",
        "tr": "-ā"
      },
      "expansion": "ـَى or ـَا • (-ā or -ā)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "دُنْيَا (dunyā)"
        },
        {
          "text": "قُصْوَى (quṣwā)"
        },
        {
          "text": "مَلْأَى (malʔā)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form feminine adjectives."
      ],
      "id": "en-ى-ar-suffix-ipENr-Yp",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Also the final"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "isolated form of ي in the Nile Valley"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "when typed on electronic devices"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "which looks similar in shape to the Persian ی in its final"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "isolated form"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ى"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic letters",
    "Arabic suffixes",
    "Arabic terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "Arabic terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Arabic terms with redundant transliterations"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "letter",
        "head": "ى",
        "tr": "-ā"
      },
      "expansion": "ى • (-ā)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Only written in the final position, transliterated ā. Also called أَلِف لَيِّنَة (ʔalif layyina, “flexible alif”). In the rare case of a rasm version of Quran, it is the yāʾ version."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "أَلِف لَيِّنَة",
          "ألف لينة#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "rasm",
          "rasm"
        ],
        [
          "yāʾ",
          "ي"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Also the final"
    },
    {
      "word": "isolated form of ي in the Nile Valley"
    },
    {
      "word": "when typed on electronic devices"
    },
    {
      "word": "which looks similar in shape to the Persian ی in its final"
    },
    {
      "word": "isolated form"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ى"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic suffixes",
    "Arabic terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "Arabic terms with redundant transliterations"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*-ay-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *-ay-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *-ay-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ـَى",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ـَا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "suffix",
        "head": "ـَى",
        "head2": "ـَا",
        "tr": "-ā"
      },
      "expansion": "ـَى or ـَا • (-ā or -ā)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "دُنْيَا (dunyā)"
        },
        {
          "text": "قُصْوَى (quṣwā)"
        },
        {
          "text": "مَلْأَى (malʔā)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form feminine adjectives."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Also the final"
    },
    {
      "word": "isolated form of ي in the Nile Valley"
    },
    {
      "word": "when typed on electronic devices"
    },
    {
      "word": "which looks similar in shape to the Persian ی in its final"
    },
    {
      "word": "isolated form"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ى"
}