"yi" meaning in English

See yi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

Forms: YI [uppercase], yis [plural], yi's [plural]
Etymology: From Ukrainian ї (ji). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|uk|ї}} Ukrainian ї (ji) Head templates: {{head|en|letter|lower case||upper case|YI|plural|yis|or|yi's}} yi (lower case, upper case YI, plural yis or yi's), {{en-letter}} yi (lower case, upper case YI, plural yis or yi's)
  1. The Cyrillic letter Ї ї, used in the Ukrainian and Rusyn alphabets. Tags: letter, lowercase
    Sense id: en-yi-en-character-Md32-bSe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Character

Forms: YI [uppercase], yis [plural], yi's [plural]
Etymology: From Armenian յի (yi). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hy|յի}} Armenian յի (yi) Head templates: {{head|en|letter|lower case||upper case|YI|plural|yis|or|yi's}} yi (lower case, upper case YI, plural yis or yi's), {{en-letter}} yi (lower case, upper case YI, plural yis or yi's)
  1. The Armenian letter Յ, յ. Tags: letter, lowercase
    Sense id: en-yi-en-character-vgZKxciz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for yi meaning in English (1.8kB)

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