ي

See also: ى‎, ی‎, ې‎, ۍ‎, ئ‎, ے‎, and ۓ‎

ي	U+064A, ي ARABIC LETTER YEH

← ى
[U+0649]

Arabic

ً →
[U+064B]

ﻱ	U+FEF1, ﻱ ARABIC LETTER YEH ISOLATED FORM

← ﻰ
[U+FEF0]

Arabic Presentation Forms-B

ﻲ →
[U+FEF2]

ﻲ	U+FEF2, ﻲ ARABIC LETTER YEH FINAL FORM

← ﻱ
[U+FEF1]

Arabic Presentation Forms-B

ﻳ →
[U+FEF3]

ﻳ	U+FEF3, ﻳ ARABIC LETTER YEH INITIAL FORM

← ﻲ
[U+FEF2]

Arabic Presentation Forms-B

ﻴ →
[U+FEF4]

ﻴ	U+FEF4, ﻴ ARABIC LETTER YEH MEDIAL FORM

← ﻳ
[U+FEF3]

Arabic Presentation Forms-B

ﻵ →
[U+FEF5]

Arabic

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /jaːʔ/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/, /iː/ (in Literary Arabic)
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/, /i(ː)/, /eː/ (in Arabic dialects and loanwords)

Letter

ي / ي‍ـ‍ / ‍ـي‍ـ / ـي‎ • (yāʾ)

The twenty-eighth and final letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by و‎ (w).

Usage notes

After kasra it is pronounced as a long ī IPA^(key): /iː/ or y IPA^(key): /j/ after fatḥa, ḍamma and before other vowels.
In the final position alif maqṣūra (ألف مقصورَة‎ (“restricted alif”)) is always written without dots (ـى‎). alif maqṣūra always follows a fatḥa and is transliterated as ā; see ى‎ for its pronunciation. It is also called alif layyina (ألف لينَة‎ (“flexible alif”))
In Egypt and Sudan, the final yāʾ is written without dots and is visually identical to alif maqṣūra.

Descendants

Persian: ی‎

Symbol

ي / ي‍ـ‍ / ‍ـي‍ـ / ـي‎ • (yāʾ)

The tenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ط‎ (ṭ) and followed by ك‎ (k).

Suffix

ـِي or ـيَ • (-ī or -ya)

(enclitic form of أَنَا‎ (ʾanā))

bound object pronoun: me, my
لي‎ (“to me”)

Usage notes

أَنَا‎ (ʾanā) has four enclitic forms which are employed in different contexts and are generally not interchangeable. The enclitic forms ـنِي‎ (-nī) and ـنِيَ‎ (-niya) are attached to verbs, prepositions ending in نْ‎ (n) with no final vowel (e.g., مِنْ‎ (min) and عَنْ‎ (ʿan)), and the sisters of إِنَّ‎ (ʾinna) except لَعَلَّ‎ (laʿalla). The forms ـِي‎ (-ī) and ـيَ‎ (-ya) are used elsewhere, but in cases where ـِي‎ (-ī) would be preceded by a long vowel, only ـيَ‎ (-ya) is used.

Suffix

ـِيّ • (-iyy)

The nisba suffix, an extremely productive suffix used to derive adjectives (with the meaning “related to ...”) or nouns (with the meaning “person related to ...”) from other nouns: for instance, فَنِّيّ‎ (fanniyy, “artistic, artist”) derived from فَنّ‎ (fann, “art”), عِرَاقِيّ‎ (ʿirāqiyy, “Iraqi, an Iraqi”) derived from عِرَاق‎ (ʿirāq, “Iraq”).

Malay

Pronunciation

(Name of letter) IPA^(key): [jɐ]
(Phoneme, Consonant) IPA^(key): [j]
(Phoneme, Vowel) IPA^(key): [i], [e], [ɛ]
(Phoneme, Vowel, Closed ultima, Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): [e], [ɛ]

Letter

ي / ي‍ـ / ‍ـي‍ـ / ـي‎

The thirty-fourth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Pashto

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈklaka je/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/, /i/

Letter

ي • (klaka ye)

The forty-first letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ي	ـي	ـيـ	يـ

Uyghur

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /je/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/

Letter

ي • (ye)

The thirty-second letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ي	ـي	ـيـ	يـ