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Baṛī ye (Urdu: بَڑی يے, Urdu pronunciation: [ˈbəɽiː ˈjeː]; lit. 'greater ye') is a letter in the Urdu alphabet (and other Indo-Iranian language alphabets based on it) directly based on the alternative "returned" variant of the final form of the Arabic letter ye/yāʾ (known as yāʾ mardūda) found in the Hijazi, Kufic, Thuluth, Naskh, and Nastaliq scripts.[1] It functions as the word-final yā-'e-majhūl ([eː]) and yā-'e-sākin ([ɛː]).[2][obsolete source] It is distinguished from the "choṭī ye (چھوٹی يے; "lesser ye")", which is the regular Perso-Arabic yāʾ (ی) used elsewhere. In Punjabi, where it is a part of the Shahmukhi alphabet, it is called waḍḍī ye (Punjabi: وَڈّی یے) with the Gurmukhi equivalent ਏ.[citation needed]
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| Baṛī ye بَڑی يے | |
|---|---|
| ے | |
| ۓ | |
| |
| 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 ◌ެ [lower-alpha 1] |
| Sisters | I J Ι Ї י 𐤉 ܝ 𐡉 ◌ۦ [lower-alpha 2] ◌ۧ [lower-alpha 2] See also: Yodh |
| Transliterations | Ē Ai (digraph) Ei (digraph) |
| Variations | ۓ |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Right-to-left |
It is also used in the Pakistani Pashto alphabet,[citation needed] with the Afghan equivalent being ی.[citation needed]
The baṛī ye is based on the stretched, horizontal, "returned" form of the Arabic yā’, originating in the Kufic and Hijazi script and also used occasionally in Thuluth, Naskh, and Nastaliq calligraphy. The form began to be used in this manner for Classical Persian in India, for example کسی kasē ("someone") was often written as کسے.[citation needed]
Baṛī ye is written multiple ways depending on its position:
There are also medial (ـیـ) and initial (یـ) forms, but they are not encoded on Unicode[citation needed] and are generally represented by the regular ye.
In Balochi, baṛī ye (or cappi yà as it is known as) has the forms ⟨ࢩـ ـࢩـ ـے ے⟩.
In Urdu, only the hamza can be applied to baṛī ye:
In Kashmiri, there is a letter that is visually a baṛī ye with a small v sign above, known as the nīmü yāyūk:
In Burushaski, there are 3 baṛī ye's: ے, ݺ, and ݻ.
One of the additional letters is a baṛī ye with the Arabic–Indic digit 2 (۲).
It is used to represent the short vowel /e/.
Another letter has a 3 (۳) above it. Unlike ݺ, which represents a shorter sound than the regular baṛī ye, it represents the same long vowel (/eː/) but with primary stress (e.g. /ˈeː/).
| 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 |
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