vertical and one horizontal." (the "horizontal" alif being the maddah sign). The ى ('limited/restricted alif', alif maqṣūrah), commonly known in Egypt as alif...

ʾalif maqṣūrah (أَلِف مَقْصُورَة) "limited/restricted alif", with the form ى. It indicates a final long /aː/. In Arabic, alif maqṣūrah is the letter yāʼ...

two forms ھ ‎ dō-čašmī hē and ہ ہـ ـہـ ـہ ‎ gōl hē, while a variant form of ي ‎ yā referred to as baṛī yē ے ‎ is used at the end of some words. Arabic (Unicode...

Egypt, Sudan and sometimes other regions, the final form is always ى (without dots). ى for final /-aː/ is also known as ألف لينة ʾalif layyinah [ˈʔælef...

Arabic script, e.g. alif ا vs. alif maqṣūrah ى for the sound /aː/ ā, and the six different ways (ء إ أ آ ؤ ئ) of writing the glottal stop (hamza, usually...

preceding long vowels and diphthongs (such as aw or ay) being ignored. i- (ئ) over u- (ؤ) over a- (أ) if there are two conflicting vowels that count; on...

western number zero or Eastern Arabic Numeral for 5(٥) The letters ⟨و⟩ and ⟨ي⟩ are used to transcribe the vowels /oː/ and /eː/ respectively in loanwords...

written as either ګ or گ. In addition to Persian vowels, Pashto has ئ, ې, ۀ, and ۍ for additional vowels and diphthongs. Pashto employs stress: this can...

with ⟨ئ⟩. Examples include تسبئح təsbeh, بئساواد besavad, پئشکش peşkəş. For İ-i (ای / ی), the sound is always shown with ye (ی). For I-ı (ایٛ / یٛ), the...

in Algerian Arabic. ^2 Mainly in the Nile Valley, the final form is always ى (without dots), representing both final /i/ and /a/. It is the more traditional...