Arabic
Letter
ـِ • (-i)
- kasra (كسرَة), indicates a short /i/ or its cognates, indicates a long /iː/ if followed by a ي (yāʔ).
See also
Kashmiri
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /zeːr/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /i/
Letter
◌ِ • (◌i)
- a vowel sign of Kashmiri.
See also
Persian
Etymology 1
Letter
ـِ • (i / e)
- a vowel diacritic in Persian, named زیر (zēr / zir) or کسره (kasra / kasre).
Usage notes
- As all vowels in Persian, it must be paired to a consonant and can never appear alone. The letter ا (alif / alef) may act as a silent consonant if one is needed.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Middle Persian Y (ī), from Proto-Iranian *Hyáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-European *yós (relative pronoun).
- ـی (-yi / -ye) (used for words ending with the vowels ـا (ā / â) or ـو (ū, ō / u))
- ـهٔ (-yi / -ye) (used after a silent ـه (a / e))
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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-i, yi
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| Dari reading?
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-i, yi
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| Iranian reading?
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-e, ye
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| Tajik reading?
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-i, yi
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Particle
ـِ • (i / e) (Tajik spelling -и)
- ezafe (particle for words)
Usage notes
- Does not affect stress, which remains on the lemma.
- This form of ezâfe is used after consonants only.
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: -i-
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: -ए- (-e-)
- Urdu: ِ (-i)
- → Ottoman Turkish: ِ (-i, -ı)
- (from the form یِ)
- → Azerbaijani: -yi-
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: -ए- (-e-)
- Urdu: ـئے (-e)
- → Ottoman Turkish: ـی (-yi, -yı)