ۍ

See also: ئ [U+0626 ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE], ى [U+0649 ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA], ي [U+064A ARABIC LETTER YEH], ی [U+06CC ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH], and ې [U+06D0 ARABIC LETTER E]
ۍ U+06CD, ۍ
ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH TAIL
ی
[U+06CC]
Arabic ێ
[U+06CE]

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name):
    • (Kabul, Peshawar) IPA(key): /xəziˈna je/
    • (Wardak) IPA(key): /çədziˈna je/
    • (Kandahar) IPA(key): /ʂədziˈna je/
    • (South Eastern) IPA(key): /ʃədziˈna je/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /əi/

Letter

ۍ • (əi) (no case)

  1. The forty-fourth letter of the Pashto alphabet, called ښځينه يې (ẍëźina ye) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ی and followed by ئ; used at the end of feminine nouns and adjectives that have stress on the last syllable.

Forms

The letter only appears in isolated and final positions:

Isolated form Final form
ۍ ـۍ