ای
Brahui
Kashmiri
Forms
The vowel ای in its initial form is اﻳٖ , middle form ـيٖـ and final form ی
Ottoman Turkish
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian ʾy (ay).
Etymology 2
From اگر (agar).
Pronunciation
- (dialectal: Shiraz, Abadan) IPA(key): /æj/
- (dialectal: most Southern dialects of Persian) IPA(key): /ej/
Conjunction
ای • (ay, ey)
- (dialectal) if
- ای وهش گفتی نه خسته میگو بشی تا کولتاوم.
- Éy vaš gófti na xáste migú béši tâ kúlet-awom. (Proverb, Dashtestan)
- If you tell him don't bother (more power to your elbow), he would say let me ride on your shoulder.
- Éy vaš gófti na xáste migú béši tâ kúlet-awom. (Proverb, Dashtestan)
- روز مرگُم باشه ای یی رو بفَمَم که اَزُم سیر شده وُ دوسُم نداره.
- Ruze margom baše ay yey ru befāmam ke azom sir šode o dusom nadâre. (Shiraz)
- ای وهش گفتی نه خسته میگو بشی تا کولتاوم.
Etymology 3
Onomatopoeia. Compare Ottoman Turkish ای (ey).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /aj/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /aj/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /ej/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /aj/
Derived terms
- ای بابا (ey bâbâ)
Etymology 4
From Middle Persian ʾyd (ēd, “this”).
Noun
ای • (ey)
- Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter a in English and other European languages.
Derived terms
- دیانای (di-en-ey)
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