"ی" meaning in Persian

See ی in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

IPA: [j], [iː], [eː], [jeː] [Classical-Persian], [jɑː] [Classical-Persian], [jeː] [Dari, formal], [jɑː] [Dari, formal], [jeː] [Dari, formal], [jɑː] [Dari, formal], [jeː] [Kabuli], [jɑː] [Kabuli], [jeː] (note: Hazaragi), [jɔː] (note: Hazaragi), [je] [Iran, formal], [jɒː] [Iran, formal], [je] [Tajik, formal], [jɔ] [Tajik, formal] Forms: ﻳ [canonical], ﻴ [canonical], ﯽ [canonical], ye [romanization]
Etymology: Earlier version of ي (y) without إِعْجَام (ʔiʕjām, “letter dots”) in the final form. Etymology templates: {{m|ar|ي}} ي (y), {{m|ar|إِعْجَام|t=letter dots}} إِعْجَام (ʔiʕjām, “letter dots”) Head templates: {{head|fa|letter|head=ی / ﻳ / ﻴ / ﯽ|tr=ye}} ی / 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), یی (yē) or یا (yâ). Tags: letter Related terms: ى (Arabic yā’), Search for entries beginning with ی
    Sense id: en-ی-fa-character-zyjt42-U Categories (other): Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle

IPA: [.ji] [Classical-Persian], [.jɪ] [Dari, formal], [.jɪ] [Dari, formal], [.jɪ] [Kabuli], [.ji] (note: Hazaragi), [.je] [Iran, formal], [.ji] [Tajik, formal] Forms: -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=-ye}} ی • (-ye)
  1. the grammatical particle ezafe; see Appendix:Persian ezâfe Synonyms: ٔ: used for words ending in ـه (-e) (alt: ـهٔ (-e-ye)), ای [-i, Dari, misspelling]
    Sense id: en-ی-fa-particle-m0P4DyCe Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian links with redundant target parameters, Persian particles Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Persian links with redundant target parameters: 29 71 Disambiguation of Persian particles: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for ی meaning in Persian (4.2kB)

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