"أي" meaning in Arabic

See أي in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /ʔaj/ Forms: ⁧أَيْ⁩ [canonical], ʔay [romanization]
Head templates: {{ar-con|أَيْ}} ⁧أَيْ⁩ • (ʔay)
  1. that is to say, namely, i.e.
    Sense id: en-أي-ar-conj-bjpOezfl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /ʔajj/ Audio: Ar-أي.ogg
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *ʔayy-. Etymology templates: {{inh|ar|sem-pro|*ʔayy-}} Proto-Semitic *ʔayy- Head templates: {{ar-pron|أَيّ|m|g2=f}} ⁧أَيّ⁩ • (ʔayy) m or f Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|أَيٌّ|pos=pronoun|state=ind,con}} Forms: ⁧أَيّ⁩ [canonical], ʔayy [romanization], ⁧أَيّ⁩ [indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], - [definite, informal, singular, triptote], ⁧أَيّ⁩ [construct, informal, singular, triptote], ⁧أَيٌّ⁩ [indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], - [definite, nominative, singular, triptote], ⁧أَيُّ⁩ [construct, nominative, singular, triptote], ⁧أَيًّا⁩ [accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote], - [accusative, definite, singular, triptote], ⁧أَيَّ⁩ [accusative, construct, singular, triptote], ⁧أَيٍّ⁩ [genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], - [definite, genitive, singular, triptote], ⁧أَيِّ⁩ [construct, genitive, singular, triptote]
  1. which ...? what ...? what kind of ...? (followed by a noun in the genitive or a personal suffix)
    Sense id: en-أي-ar-pron-Bf8Na1ff Categories (other): Arabic pronouns Disambiguation of Arabic pronouns: 36 32 32
  2. whichever
    Sense id: en-أي-ar-pron-k561rn1~ Categories (other): Arabic pronouns Disambiguation of Arabic pronouns: 36 32 32
  3. any
    Sense id: en-أي-ar-pron-1qfNKnNx Categories (other): Arabic pronouns Disambiguation of Arabic pronouns: 36 32 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ⁧أَيٌّ مَا⁩ (ʔayyun mā), ⁧أَيَّمَا⁩ (ʔayyamā), ⁧كَأَيِّنْ⁩ (kaʔayyin)
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for أي meaning in Arabic (4.8kB)

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      "word": "⁧أَيٌّ مَا⁩"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "ʔayyamā",
      "word": "⁧أَيَّمَا⁩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kaʔayyin",
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      "form": "⁧أَيًّا⁩",
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        "indefinite",
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        "triptote"
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      "form": "⁧أَيٍّ⁩",
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        "singular",
        "triptote"
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      "form": "⁧أَيِّ⁩",
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      "source": "declension",
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          "english": "From which country are you?",
          "roman": "min ʔayyi baladin ʔanta?",
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        {
          "english": "Which of these games do you prefer?",
          "roman": "ʔayyan min hāḏihi l-ʔalʕābi tufaḍḍilu?",
          "text": "⁧أَيًّا مِنْ هٰذِهِ الْأَلْعَابِ تُفَضِّلُ؟⁩",
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          "english": "Whichever book you read, it'll benefit you.",
          "roman": "ʔayya kitābin taqraʔ yufidka",
          "text": "⁧أَيَّ كِتَابٍ تَقْرَأْ يُفِدْكَ⁩",
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          "english": "Visit me at any time.",
          "roman": "zurnī fī ʔayyi waqtin",
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      "roman": "ʔayyun mā",
      "word": "⁧أَيٌّ مَا⁩"
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      "roman": "ʔayyamā",
      "word": "⁧أَيَّمَا⁩"
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    {
      "form": "⁧أَيًّا⁩",
      "roman": "ʔayyan",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "⁧أَيَّ⁩",
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    {
      "form": "⁧أَيٍّ⁩",
      "roman": "ʔayyin",
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    {
      "form": "⁧أَيِّ⁩",
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          "english": "From which country are you?",
          "roman": "min ʔayyi baladin ʔanta?",
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          "english": "Which of these games do you prefer?",
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          "english": "Whichever book you read, it'll benefit you.",
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          "text": "⁧أَيَّ كِتَابٍ تَقْرَأْ يُفِدْكَ⁩",
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          "english": "Visit me at any time.",
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