"ـی" meaning in Persian

See ـی in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: [.ji] [Classical-Persian], [.jɪ] [Dari, formal], [.jɪ] [Dari, formal], [.jɪ] [Kabuli], [.ji] (note: Hazaragi), [.je] [Iran, formal], [.ji] [Tajik, formal] Forms: -yi/-ye [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Persian Y (ī), from Proto-Iranian *Hyáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-European *yós (relative pronoun). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|Y|tr=ī}} Middle Persian Y (ī), {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*Hyáh}} Proto-Iranian *Hyáh, {{inh|fa|iir-pro|*Hyás}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyás, {{inh|fa|ine-pro|*yós|pos=relative pronoun}} Proto-Indo-European *yós (relative pronoun) Head templates: {{head|fa|particle|tr=-yi/-ye}} ـی • (-yi/-ye)
  1. the grammatical particle ezafe; see Appendix:Persian ezâfe Synonyms: ٔ: used for words ending in ـه (-e) (alt: ـهٔ (-e-ye)), ـای [-i, Dari, misspelling]
    Sense id: en-ـی-fa-particle-m0P4DyCe Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian particles, Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 24 3 3 5 3 2 29 25 7 Disambiguation of Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 33 3 3 6 3 2 22 22 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: [.(j)iː] [Classical-Persian], [.(j)iː] [Dari, formal], [.(j)iː] [Dari, formal], [.(j)iː] [Kabuli], [.(j)i] (note: Hazaragi), [.(j)iː] [Iran, formal], [.(j)i] [Tajik, formal] Forms: -ī/-i [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Persian -yk' / 𐭩𐭪𐭩 (yky /⁠-īg⁠/), itself from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣 (-ikah) (see there for further origin). Cognates include Northern Kurdish -î, Sanskrit -कस (-kasa), Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ, Latin -icus, Old English -iġ, English -y. There is no evidence to support a relation with the Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) which however does merge with this suffix exclusively in some Arabic loanwords. See ـه (-e) for another instance where the 'g' phoneme is removed from the end of the Middle Persian suffix in its New Persian form. For a few examples in which the final 'g' phoneme in the Middle Persian -yk' / 𐭩𐭪𐭩 (yky /⁠-īg⁠/) suffix is not lost during the transition from Middle to New Persian, and instead transformed to a 'k' phoneme, refer to تاریک (tārīk, “dark”), باریک (bārīk, “thin, narrow, delicate”), تازیک (tāzīk, “Arab”) and نزدیک (nazdīk, “near”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fa|inh|peo>-𐎡𐎣>related to|id=noun-adj}}, {{inh|fa|pal|-yk'}} Middle Persian -yk', {{inh|fa|peo|-𐎡𐎣|tr=-ikah}} Old Persian -𐎡𐎣 (-ikah), {{cog|kmr|-î}} Northern Kurdish -î, {{cog|sa|-कस}} Sanskrit -कस (-kasa), {{cog|sla-pro|*-ъkъ}} Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ, {{cog|la|-icus}} Latin -icus, {{cog|ang|-iġ}} Old English -iġ, {{cog|en|-y}} English -y, {{cog|ar|ـِيّ}} Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy), {{inh|fa|pal|-yk'}} Middle Persian -yk' Head templates: {{head|fa|suffix|tr=-ī/-i}} ـی • (-ī/-i)
  1. forms nouns or adjectives from nouns
    of or pertaining to
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ـی-fa-suffix-HFXql57d Categories (other): Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes: 15 15 25 15 31
  2. forms nouns or adjectives from nouns
    one from or belonging to
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ـی-fa-suffix-CKKfsSwA Categories (other): Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes: 15 15 25 15 31
  3. forms nouns or adjectives from nouns
    forms the word for a profession, and the place it is practiced, from the word for the person who practice it
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ـی-fa-suffix-B6E4Q76y Categories (other): Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes, Old Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes: 15 15 25 15 31 Disambiguation of Old Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 17 17 27 17 21
  4. forms nouns or adjectives from nouns
    able to, capable of being, deserved to be, determined to, and/or destined to
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ـی-fa-suffix-dFMbivTI Categories (other): Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes: 15 15 25 15 31
  5. forms surnames Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ـی-fa-suffix-ha7RV9Jf Categories (other): Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes: 15 15 25 15 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

IPA: [.ʔiː] [Classical-Persian], [.ʔiː] [Dari, formal], [.ʔiː] [Dari, formal], [.ʔiː] [Kabuli], [.ʔi] (note: Hazaragi), [.ʔiː] [Iran, formal], [.ʔi] [Tajik, formal] Forms: -ī/-i [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|𐭩𐭧|ts=-īh}} Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/) Head templates: {{head|fa|suffix|tr=-ī/-i}} ـی • (-ī/-i)
  1. Forms abstract nouns from adjectives. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ـی-fa-suffix-vUo4sxZa Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 24 3 3 5 3 2 29 25 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Suffix

IPA: [.(j)eː] [Classical-Persian], [.(j)eː] [Dari, formal], [.(j)eː] [Dari, formal], [.(j)eː] [Kabuli], [.(j)eː] (note: Hazaragi), [.(j)iː] [Iran, formal], [.(j)e] [Tajik, formal] Forms: -ē/-i [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Persian 𐭸 (1 /⁠ē(w)⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎡𐎺 (a-i-v /⁠aiva⁠/), Proto-Iranian *Háywah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas, from Proto-Indo-European *óywos. Compare Ancient Greek οἶος (oîos), and Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (aēuua). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|𐭸|ts=ē(w)}} Middle Persian 𐭸 (1 /⁠ē(w)⁠/), {{inh|fa|peo|𐎠𐎡𐎺|ts=aiva}} Old Persian 𐎠𐎡𐎺 (a-i-v /⁠aiva⁠/), {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*Háywah}} Proto-Iranian *Háywah, {{inh|fa|iir-pro|*Háywas}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas, {{inh|fa|ine-pro|*óywos}} Proto-Indo-European *óywos, {{cog|grc|οἶος}} Ancient Greek οἶος (oîos), {{cog|ae|𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀}} Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (aēuua) Head templates: {{head|fa|suffix|tr=-ē/-i}} ـی • (-ē/-i)
  1. a, one; marks a noun phrase as indefinite or non-specific, especially in the literary language Tags: morpheme Synonyms: یه [colloquial]
    Sense id: en-ـی-fa-suffix-dLTQFSVa Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 24 3 3 5 3 2 29 25 7
  2. marks a noun phrase attributed by a subordinate clause as restrictive Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ـی-fa-suffix-G9Y3a8aP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Alternative forms

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        "2": "pal",
        "3": "Y",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian Y (ī)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
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        "3": "*Hyáh"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
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      },
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    },
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "pos": "relative pronoun"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian Y (ī), from Proto-Iranian *Hyáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-European *yós (relative pronoun).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-yi/-ye",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "particle",
        "tr": "-yi/-ye"
      },
      "expansion": "ـی • (-yi/-ye)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "particle",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 3 3 5 3 2 29 25 7",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 3 3 6 3 2 22 22 5",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-ـی-fa-particle-m0P4DyCe",
      "links": [
        [
          "ezafe",
          "ezafe#English"
        ],
        [
          "Appendix:Persian ezâfe",
          "Appendix:Persian ezâfe#English"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "alt": "ـهٔ (-e-ye)",
          "roman": "-e",
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        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "-i",
            "Dari",
            "misspelling"
          ],
          "word": "ـای"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "[.ji]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.jɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.jɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.jɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.ji]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.je]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.ji]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ـی"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "peo>-𐎡𐎣>related to",
        "id": "noun-adj"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "-yk'"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian -yk'",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "-𐎡𐎣",
        "tr": "-ikah"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian -𐎡𐎣 (-ikah)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "-î"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish -î",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "-कस"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit -कस (-kasa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*-ъkъ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-icus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -icus",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-iġ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -iġ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-y"
      },
      "expansion": "English -y",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "ـِيّ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "-yk'"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian -yk'",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian -yk' / 𐭩𐭪𐭩 (yky /⁠-īg⁠/), itself from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣 (-ikah) (see there for further origin). Cognates include Northern Kurdish -î, Sanskrit -कस (-kasa), Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ, Latin -icus, Old English -iġ, English -y. There is no evidence to support a relation with the Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) which however does merge with this suffix exclusively in some Arabic loanwords. See ـه (-e) for another instance where the 'g' phoneme is removed from the end of the Middle Persian suffix in its New Persian form. For a few examples in which the final 'g' phoneme in the Middle Persian -yk' / 𐭩𐭪𐭩 (yky /⁠-īg⁠/) suffix is not lost during the transition from Middle to New Persian, and instead transformed to a 'k' phoneme, refer to تاریک (tārīk, “dark”), باریک (bārīk, “thin, narrow, delicate”), تازیک (tāzīk, “Arab”) and نزدیک (nazdīk, “near”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "-ī/-i",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "suffix",
        "tr": "-ī/-i"
      },
      "expansion": "ـی • (-ī/-i)",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 15 25 15 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "خورشید (xoršīd, “sun”) + ـی → خورشیدی (xoršīdī, “solar”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "پارس (pārs, “Pars / Fars”) + ـی → پارسی (pārsī, “Persian”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms nouns or adjectives from nouns",
        "of or pertaining to"
      ],
      "id": "en-ـی-fa-suffix-HFXql57d",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 15 25 15 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "تهران (tehrān, “Tehran”) + ـی → تهرانی (tehrānī, “Tehrani”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms nouns or adjectives from nouns",
        "one from or belonging to"
      ],
      "id": "en-ـی-fa-suffix-CKKfsSwA",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 15 25 15 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 17 27 17 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "خیاط (xayyāt, “tailor”) + ـی → خیاطی (xayyātī, “tailoring; tailor shop”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms nouns or adjectives from nouns",
        "forms the word for a profession, and the place it is practiced, from the word for the person who practice it"
      ],
      "id": "en-ـی-fa-suffix-B6E4Q76y",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 15 25 15 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "خوردن (xordan, “to eat”) + ـی → خوردنی (xordanī, “edible”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "رفتن (raftan, “to go”) + ـی → رفتنی (raftanī, “destined to leave”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms nouns or adjectives from nouns",
        "able to, capable of being, deserved to be, determined to, and/or destined to"
      ],
      "id": "en-ـی-fa-suffix-dFMbivTI",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 15 25 15 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms surnames"
      ],
      "id": "en-ـی-fa-suffix-ha7RV9Jf",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)iː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)iː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)iː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)iː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)i]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)iː]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)i]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ـی"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭩𐭧",
        "ts": "-īh"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ī/-i",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "suffix",
        "tr": "-ī/-i"
      },
      "expansion": "ـی • (-ī/-i)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 3 3 5 3 2 29 25 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "بزرگ (bozorg, “big”) + ـی → بزرگی (bozorgi, “bigness”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "شیرین (širin, “sweet”) + ـی → شیرینی (širini, “sweetness”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "جوان (javân, “young”) + ـی → جوانی (javâni, “youth”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms abstract nouns from adjectives."
      ],
      "id": "en-ـی-fa-suffix-vUo4sxZa",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.ʔiː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.ʔiː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.ʔiː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.ʔi]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.ʔiː]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.ʔi]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
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}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭸",
        "ts": "ē(w)"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭸 (1 /⁠ē(w)⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎠𐎡𐎺",
        "ts": "aiva"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎠𐎡𐎺 (a-i-v /⁠aiva⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*Háywah"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *Háywah",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*Háywas"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*óywos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *óywos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "οἶος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek οἶος (oîos)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (aēuua)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian 𐭸 (1 /⁠ē(w)⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎡𐎺 (a-i-v /⁠aiva⁠/), Proto-Iranian *Háywah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas, from Proto-Indo-European *óywos. Compare Ancient Greek οἶος (oîos), and Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (aēuua).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ē/-i",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "suffix",
        "tr": "-ē/-i"
      },
      "expansion": "ـی • (-ē/-i)",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "suffix",
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      "glosses": [
        "a, one; marks a noun phrase as indefinite or non-specific, especially in the literary language"
      ],
      "id": "en-ـی-fa-suffix-dLTQFSVa",
      "links": [
        [
          "a",
          "a"
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        [
          "one",
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        {
          "tags": [
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      ],
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        "morpheme"
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        {
          "text": "ساختمانی که علی در آن زندگی میکند بزرگ است.\nsâxtemân-i ke 'ali dar ân zendegi mi-konad bozorg-ast.\nThe building where Ali lives is big.\nContrast with:",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "That building, where Ali lives, is big.",
          "roman": "ân sâxtemân ke 'ali dar ân zendegi mi-konad bozorg-ast.",
          "text": "آن ساختمان که علی در آن زندگی میکند بزرگ است.",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
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        "marks a noun phrase attributed by a subordinate clause as restrictive"
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      "id": "en-ـی-fa-suffix-G9Y3a8aP",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)eː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
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    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)eː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
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    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)eː]",
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        "Dari",
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      "ipa": "[.(j)eː]",
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    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)eː]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
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      "ipa": "[.(j)iː]",
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        "Iran",
        "formal"
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      "ipa": "[.(j)e]",
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        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ـی"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "Y",
        "tr": "ī"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian Y (ī)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*Hyáh"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *Hyáh",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*Hyás"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyás",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*yós",
        "pos": "relative pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *yós (relative pronoun)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian Y (ī), from Proto-Iranian *Hyáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-European *yós (relative pronoun).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-yi/-ye",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "particle",
        "tr": "-yi/-ye"
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      "expansion": "ـی • (-yi/-ye)",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "particle",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "the grammatical particle ezafe; see Appendix:Persian ezâfe"
      ],
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        [
          "ezafe",
          "ezafe#English"
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          "Appendix:Persian ezâfe",
          "Appendix:Persian ezâfe#English"
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    {
      "ipa": "[.ji]",
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        "Classical-Persian"
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    {
      "ipa": "[.jɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[.jɪ]",
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        "Dari",
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      ]
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      "ipa": "[.jɪ]",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.ji]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
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      "ipa": "[.je]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[.ji]",
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      "alt": "ـهٔ (-e-ye)",
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      "tags": [
        "-i",
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        "misspelling"
      ],
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}

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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
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      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "-yk'"
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      "expansion": "Middle Persian -yk'",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "-𐎡𐎣",
        "tr": "-ikah"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian -𐎡𐎣 (-ikah)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "-î"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish -î",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "-कस"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit -कस (-kasa)",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*-ъkъ"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-icus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -icus",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-iġ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -iġ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-y"
      },
      "expansion": "English -y",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "ـِيّ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "-yk'"
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      "expansion": "Middle Persian -yk'",
      "name": "inh"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian -yk' / 𐭩𐭪𐭩 (yky /⁠-īg⁠/), itself from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣 (-ikah) (see there for further origin). Cognates include Northern Kurdish -î, Sanskrit -कस (-kasa), Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ, Latin -icus, Old English -iġ, English -y. There is no evidence to support a relation with the Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) which however does merge with this suffix exclusively in some Arabic loanwords. See ـه (-e) for another instance where the 'g' phoneme is removed from the end of the Middle Persian suffix in its New Persian form. For a few examples in which the final 'g' phoneme in the Middle Persian -yk' / 𐭩𐭪𐭩 (yky /⁠-īg⁠/) suffix is not lost during the transition from Middle to New Persian, and instead transformed to a 'k' phoneme, refer to تاریک (tārīk, “dark”), باریک (bārīk, “thin, narrow, delicate”), تازیک (tāzīk, “Arab”) and نزدیک (nazdīk, “near”).",
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      "form": "-ī/-i",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "suffix",
        "tr": "-ī/-i"
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      "name": "head"
    }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "خورشید (xoršīd, “sun”) + ـی → خورشیدی (xoršīdī, “solar”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "پارس (pārs, “Pars / Fars”) + ـی → پارسی (pārsī, “Persian”)"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "تهران (tehrān, “Tehran”) + ـی → تهرانی (tehrānī, “Tehrani”)"
        }
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        "forms nouns or adjectives from nouns",
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      ],
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        "morpheme"
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "خیاط (xayyāt, “tailor”) + ـی → خیاطی (xayyātī, “tailoring; tailor shop”)"
        }
      ],
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        "forms nouns or adjectives from nouns",
        "forms the word for a profession, and the place it is practiced, from the word for the person who practice it"
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "خوردن (xordan, “to eat”) + ـی → خوردنی (xordanī, “edible”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "رفتن (raftan, “to go”) + ـی → رفتنی (raftanī, “destined to leave”)"
        }
      ],
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        "forms nouns or adjectives from nouns",
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      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "forms surnames"
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      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname#English"
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)iː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)iː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
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      "ipa": "[.(j)iː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)iː]",
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        "Kabuli"
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      "ipa": "[.(j)i]",
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      "ipa": "[.(j)iː]",
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    }
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}

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        {
          "text": "بزرگ (bozorg, “big”) + ـی → بزرگی (bozorgi, “bigness”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "شیرین (širin, “sweet”) + ـی → شیرینی (širini, “sweetness”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "جوان (javân, “young”) + ـی → جوانی (javâni, “youth”)"
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "οἶος"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀"
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "suffix",
        "tr": "-ē/-i"
      },
      "expansion": "ـی • (-ē/-i)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a, one; marks a noun phrase as indefinite or non-specific, especially in the literary language"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "a",
          "a"
        ],
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "یه"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ساختمانی که علی در آن زندگی میکند بزرگ است.\nsâxtemân-i ke 'ali dar ân zendegi mi-konad bozorg-ast.\nThe building where Ali lives is big.\nContrast with:",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "That building, where Ali lives, is big.",
          "roman": "ân sâxtemân ke 'ali dar ân zendegi mi-konad bozorg-ast.",
          "text": "آن ساختمان که علی در آن زندگی میکند بزرگ است.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "marks a noun phrase attributed by a subordinate clause as restrictive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)eː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)eː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)eː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)eː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)eː]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)iː]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[.(j)e]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ـی"
}

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