"◌ِ" meaning in Persian

See ◌ِ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

Forms: ـِ [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|fa|letter|head=ـِ|tr=i /e}} ـِ • (i /e)
  1. a vowel diacritic in Persian, named زیر (zēr /zir) or کسره (kasra /kasre). Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-◌ِ-fa-character-dWIvZi63 Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian particles, Persian terms in nonstandard scripts Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Persian particles: 93 7 Disambiguation of Persian terms in nonstandard scripts: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle

IPA: /ˈ‿i/ [Classical-Persian], /ˈji/ [Classical-Persian], [‿ɪ] [Dari, formal], [jɪ] [Dari, formal], [‿ɪ] [Dari, formal], [jɪ] [Dari, formal], [‿ɪ] [Kabuli], [jɪ] [Kabuli], [‿i] (note: Hazaragi), [ji] (note: Hazaragi), [‿e] [Iran, formal], [je] [Iran, formal], [‿i] [Tajik, formal], [ji] [Tajik, formal] Forms: ـِ [canonical], spelling -и [Tajik], ـی [alternative], ـهٔ [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle Persian Y (ī), from Proto-Iranian *Hyáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-European *yós (relative pronoun). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fa|pal|Y|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=ī|ts=}} Middle Persian Y (ī), {{inh+|fa|pal|Y|tr=ī}} Inherited from 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|Tajik spelling|<i class="Cyrl mention" lang="tg">-и</i>|head=ـِ|tr=i /e}} ـِ • (i /e) (Tajik spelling -и)
  1. ezafe (particle for words)
    Sense id: en-◌ِ-fa-particle-fa:ezafe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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          "_dis": "97 3",
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      "links": [
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          "زیر",
          "زیر#Persian"
        ],
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈji/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
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      "ipa": "[‿ɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[‿ɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[‿ɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
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    {
      "ipa": "[jɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
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      "ipa": "[‿i]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ji]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
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      "tags": [
        "Iran",
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      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ji]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
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            "1": "hi",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈji/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
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    {
      "ipa": "[‿ɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[‿ɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[‿ɪ]",
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    {
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        "Kabuli"
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    {
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      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ji]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[‿e]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[je]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[‿i]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ji]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "◌ِ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ◌ِ meaning in Persian (5.8kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: i /e",
  "path": [
    "◌ِ"
  ],
  "section": "Persian",
  "subsection": "letter",
  "title": "◌ِ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: i /e",
  "path": [
    "◌ِ"
  ],
  "section": "Persian",
  "subsection": "particle",
  "title": "◌ِ",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Persian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (a681f8a and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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