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| Baṛī ye بَڑی يے | |
|---|---|
| ے | |
| ۓ | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Arabic abjad Urdu alphabet Shahmukhi(Punjabi) Saraiki alphabet Balochi Standard Alphabet Kashmiri alphabet Burushaski alphabet Khowar alphabet |
| Type | Abjad Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Urdu |
| Sound values | /eː/ /ɛː/ /eɪ/ |
| In Unicode | U+06D2 |
| Alphabetical position | 38 |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Time period | ~1200 to present |
| Descendants | ݺ ݻ ◌ެ[a] |
| Sisters | I J Ι Ї י 𐤉 ܝ 𐡉 ◌ۦ[b] ◌ۧ[b] See also:Yodh |
| Transliterations | Ē Ai (digraph) Ei (digraph) |
| Variations | ۓ |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Right-to-left |
| This article containsphonetic transcriptions in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, seeHelp:IPA. For the distinction between[ ],/ / and ⟨ ⟩, seeIPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. | |
| Urdu alphabet |
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| ا (آ)بپتٹثجچحخدڈذرڑزژسشصضطظعغفقکگلمن (ں)وہ (ھ)ءیے |
ExtendedPerso-Arabic script |
Baṛī ye (Urdu:بَڑی يے,Urdu pronunciation:[ˈbəɽiːˈjeː];lit. 'greater ye'), also spelledbari ye,baree ye,barree ye, orbadi ye, is a letter of theArabic script, originally used in theUrdu alphabet, directly based on the alternative "returned" variant of the final form of theArabic letter ye/yāʾ (known asyāʾ mardūda) found in theHijazi,Kufic,Thuluth,Naskh, andNastaliq scripts.[1] It functions as the word-finalyā-'e-majhūl ([eː]) andyā-'e-sākin ([ɛː]).[2][obsolete source] It is distinguished from the "choṭī ye (چھوٹی يے; "lesser ye")", which is the regularPerso-Arabic yāʾ (ی) used elsewhere. InPunjabi, where it is a part of theShahmukhi alphabet, it is called waḍḍī ye (Punjabi:وَڈّی یے), also meaning "greater ye".
The baṛī ye is based on the stretched, horizontal, "returned" form of the Arabic yā’, originating in theKufic andHijazi script and also used occasionally inThuluth,Naskh, andNastaliq calligraphy. The form began to be used in this manner forClassical Persian in India, for exampleکسیkasē ("someone") was often written asکسے.[citation needed]
Baṛī ye is written multiple ways depending on its position:
| Position in word: | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naskh glyph form: (Help) | ے | ـے | ـے | ے |
| Nastaʿlīq glyph form: | ے | ــــے | ــــے | ے |
There are also medial (ـیـ) and initial (یـ) forms, but they are not encoded onUnicode[citation needed] and are generally represented by the regular ye.
InBalochi, baṛī ye (or cappi yà as it is known as) has the forms⟨ࢩـ ـࢩـ ـے ے⟩.
In Urdu, only thehamza can be applied to baṛī ye:
| Position in word: | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naskh glyph form: (Help) | ۓ | ـۓ | ـۓ | ۓ |
| Nastaʿlīq glyph form: | ۓ | ــــۓ | ــــۓ | ۓ |
InKashmiri, there is a letter that is visually a baṛī ye with a smallv sign above, known as thenīmü yāyūk:
| Position in word: | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naskh glyph form: (Help) | ےٚ | ـےٚ | ـےٚـ | ےٚـ |
| Nastaʿlīq glyph form: | ےٚ | ــــےٚ | ــــےٚــــ | ےٚــــ |
InBurushaski, there are 3 baṛī ye's:ے,ݺ, andݻ.
One of the additional letters is a baṛī ye with theArabic–Indic digit 2 (۲).
| Position in word: | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naskh glyph form: (Help) | ݺ | ـݺ | ـݺـ | ݺـ |
| Nastaʿlīq glyph form: | ݺ | ــــݺ | ــــݺــــ | ݺــــ |
It is used to represent the short vowel /e/.
Another letter has a 3 (۳) above it. Unlikeݺ, which represents a shorter sound than the regular baṛī ye, it represents the same long vowel (/eː/) but withprimary stress (e.g. /ˈeː/).
| Position in word: | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naskh glyph form: (Help) | ݻ | ـݻ | ـݻـ | ݻـ |
| Nastaʿlīq glyph form: | ݻ | ــــݻ | ــــݻــــ | ݻــــ |
| Preview | ے | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 1746 | U+06D2 |
| UTF-8 | 219 146 | DB 92 |
| Numeric character reference | ے | ے |
