# ی

| ی | U+06CC, &#1740; ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH |
| ← ۋ [U+06CB] | Arabic | ۍ → [U+06CD] |
| ﯼ | U+FBFC, &#64508; ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﯻ [U+FBFB] | Arabic Presentation Forms-A | ﯽ → [U+FBFD] |
| ﯽ | U+FBFD, &#64509; ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH FINAL FORM |
| ← ﯼ [U+FBFC] | Arabic Presentation Forms-A | ﯾ → [U+FBFE] |
| ﯾ | U+FBFE, &#64510; ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﯽ [U+FBFD] | Arabic Presentation Forms-A | ﯿ → [U+FBFF] |
| ﯿ | U+FBFF, &#64511; ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﯾ [U+FBFE] | Arabic Presentation Forms-A | ﰀ → [U+FC00] |

## Arabic
### Letter

ی
| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ی | ـی | ـیـ | یـ |
* (Egypt, Sudan) The yāʾ ي (y) 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 ي (y) in the late nineteenth century in the Levant. The continued use of this form long after the creation of ي (y) 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.

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /j, i/; [j, i]

### Letter

ی (transliteration needed)
* The forty-fifth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Brahui
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

IPA: /iː/, [iː]

### Pronoun

ی (ī)
* I

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /j/, [j]

### Letter

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

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /lɔkuʈ jeː/
* (phoneme): IPA: /j/, /iː/

### Letter

ی • (y)
* The forty-first letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ی | ـی | ـیـ | یـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ہ (h)
* Next letter: ے (ē)

## Pashto
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /nɑriˈna je/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ai/, /j/

### Letter

ی • (nârina ye)
* The forty-third letter of the Pashto alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form |
| ی | ـی |

#### Usage notes

* If preceded by a consonant, the letter ی represents /ai/.
* If preceded by a vowel, ی represents /j/.
* 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.

#### See also

* Previous letter: ې
* Next letter: ۍ

## Persian
### Etymology

Earlier version of ي (y) without إِعْجَام (ʔiʕjām, “letter dots”) in the final form.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [j], [iː], [eː]
(letter name)
* (Classical Persian) IPA: [jeː], [jɑː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [jeː], [jɑː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [jeː], [jɑː]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [jeː], [jɑː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [jeː], [jɔː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [je], [jɒː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [je], [jɔ]

### Letter

ی / ﻳ / ﻴ / ﯽ • (ye)
* The thirty-second and final letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ه. Its name is یه (ye), یی (yē) or یا (yâ).

### See also

* ى (Arabic yā’)
* Search for entries beginning with ی

## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* Gurmukhi letter: ਯ (ya), ੀ (ī), ੇ (e), ੈ (ai), ਇ (i), ਜ (jajjā)
* (letter name): نکی یے (nikkī ye)

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /nɪkːiː jeː/
* (phoneme): IPA: /j/, /iː/, /eː/, /ɛː/, /d͡ʒ/

### Letter

ی • (nikkī ye)
* The thirty-ninth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ی | ـی | ـیـ | یـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ء (hamzah)
* Next letter: ے (vaḍḍī ye)
* Shahmukhi script letters: اکّھر (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ٹ, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ڈ, ذ, ر, ڑ, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ک, گ, ل, ࣇ, م, ن, ݨ, ں, ہ, و, ی, ے

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /t͡ʃʰoː.ʈiː jeː/
* (phoneme):
** (consonant) (Standard Urdu) IPA: /j/
** (vowel): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɛː/, /eː/, /iː/

### Letter

ی • (choṭī ye)
* The thirty-eighth letter of the Urdu alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ی | ـی | ـیـ | یـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ء
* Next letter: ے (e)

#### See also

* Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (hurūf) (script appendix): ا (آ, أ, إ), ب, پ, ت, ٹ, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ڈ, ذ, ر, ڑ, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ک, گ, ل, م, ن, ں, ہ, ھ, و, ی, ے, ء (ئ, ؤ, هٔ, أ, إ), ◌ٰ