ى

See also: ی [U+06CC ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH]‎, ي [U+064A ARABIC LETTER YEH]‎, ې [U+06D0 ARABIC LETTER E]‎, ۍ [U+06CD ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH TAIL]‎, ۓ [U+06D3 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE WITH HAMZA ABOVE]‎, and ئ [U+0626 ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE]‎

ى U+0649, ى
ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA
← و
[U+0648] 		Arabic ي →
[U+064A]
ﻯ U+FEEF, ﻯ
ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA ISOLATED FORM
← ﻮ
[U+FEEE] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻰ →
[U+FEF0]
ﻰ U+FEF0, ﻰ
ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA FINAL FORM
← ﻯ
[U+FEEF] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻱ →
[U+FEF1]
ﯨ U+FBE8, ﯨ
ARABIC LETTER UIGHUR KAZAKH KIRGHIZ ALEF MAKSURA INITIAL FORM
← ﯧ
[U+FBE7] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﯩ →
[U+FBE9]
ﯩ U+FBE9, ﯩ
ARABIC LETTER UIGHUR KAZAKH KIRGHIZ ALEF MAKSURA MEDIAL FORM
← ﯨ
[U+FBE8] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﯪ →
[U+FBEA]

Arabic

Alternative forms
  • Also the final or isolated form of ي in the Nile Valley, electronically, similar to the Persian ی.

Letter

ى • (-ā)

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
ىـىـىـىـ
  1. Only written in the final position, transliterated ā. Also called أَلِف لَيِّنَة‎ (ʔalif layyina, “flexible alif”). In the rare case of a rasm version of Quran, it is the yāʾ version.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:30:
      ‏قَالَ إِنِّی عَبۡدُ ٱللَّهِ ءَاتَىٰنِیَ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ وَجَعَلَنِی نَبِیࣰّا‎
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *-ay-.

Suffix

ـَى or ـَا • (-ā or -ā)

  1. Used to form feminine adjectives.
    دُنْيَا‎ (dunyā)
    قُصْوَى‎ (quṣwā)
    مَلْأَى‎ (malʔā)

Kazakh
Cyrillic Ы, ы/І, і (Y, y/I, ı)
Arabic ى
Latin Y, y/ı, ı

Pronunciation
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ja/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ə/ (back)
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɘ/, /i/ (front)

Letter

ى • (ı, i)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ы or І.

Forms
Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
ىـىـىـىـ

Usage notes
  • Represents the back vowel phoneme /ə/, unless a small ء (hamza) was placed in the beginning of the word. In Kazakh the Hamza marks that all vowels in the following word are fronted. If ى is the initial letter of a word and is representing a front vowel, it is combined with the hamza and the variant ٸ is used.

See also

Malay

Pronunciation
  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [jə]
  • (Phoneme, Opened ultima only) IPA(key): [ə]

Letter

ى / ـى‎

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

See also

Uyghur

Pronunciation
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /i/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /i/

Letter

ى • (i)

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms
Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
ىـىـىـىـ

Usage notes

See also
  • Previous letter: ئې‎ (ë)
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