ای

See also: ایی, اىى, إي, آی, and أي

Brahui

Pronoun

ای (ī)

  1. I

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /kaʃi zeːr/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /iː/

Letter

ای (ī)

  1. a vowel of Kashmiri.

Forms

The vowel ای in its initial form is اﻳٖ , middle form ـيٖـ and final form ی

See also

  • Previous vowel: اِ (i)
  • Next vowel : إ ()

Ottoman Turkish

Interjection

ای (ey)

  1. oh
  2. eh
  3. well
  4. hey

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian ʾy (ay).

Adverb

ای (ay)

  1. that is to say

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)

  1. (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.
    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)

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeia. Compare Ottoman Turkish ای (ey).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /aj/

    Interjection

    Dari ای
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik ай (ay)

    ای (ey)

    1. O, hey

    Synonym: یا

    Derived terms

    Etymology 4

    From Middle Persian ʾyd (ēd, this).

    Determiner

    ای (i)

    1. (dialectal, Kabul, Mashhad, Shiraz, Kazerun, Dashtestan, Bushehr) this

    Suffix

    ای (-'i)

    1. Alternative form of ـی (-i) for words ending in ـه (-e)
      قهوه (qahve, coffee, noun) + ایقهوه‌ای (qahve-'i, brown, adjective)
      فیروزه (firuze, turquoise (stone), noun) + ایفیروزه‌ای (firuze-'i, turquoise, adjective)
      مغز پسته (mağz-e peste) + ایمغزپسته‌ای (mağz-e-peste-'i)

    Etymology 6

    Borrowed from English ay.

    Noun

    ای (ey)

    1. Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter a in English and other European languages.
    Derived terms
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