ی

Letter

 * 1)  The yāʾ  in the final position, as spelled by the Egyptians and the Sudanese. This was the original form of the letter in final position for both of -ī and -ā, before the creation of  in the late nineteenth century in the Levant. The continued use of this form long after the creation of  may be due to Ottoman influence in Egypt where the newer Arabic form was rare and this form was the prevalent. Compare that in Egypt, the Arabic alphabet letters are (still) named based on the Ottoman convention, a practice now almost exclusive to Egypt and Sudan. Electronically, the similar shaped ى is used.

Letter

 * 1) The forty-fifth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Pronoun

 * 1) I

Letter

 * 1) The forty-eighth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Letter

 * 1) The forty-first letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Letter

 * 1) The forty-third letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Usage notes

 * If preceded by a consonant, the letter ی represents.
 * If preceded by a vowel, ی represents.
 * If the letter follows a consonant in a word, it indicates the word is masculine singular and in the direct case. At the end of verbs it is used to form verbal participles in the masculine.
 * In Pakistan, ے is used instead.

Etymology 1
Earlier version of without  in the final form.

Letter

 * 1) The thirty-second and final letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ه. Its name is,  or.

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from.

Alternative forms

 * : used for words ending in

Usage notes
Written after words ending in the vowels ـه, ـا, or ـو.

Alternative forms

 * letter:, , , , ,

Letter

 * 1) The thirty-ninth letter of Punjabi in the  script.

Pronunciation

 * consonant
 * vowel:
 * consonant
 * vowel:

Letter

 * 1) The thirty-eighth letter of the.