ے

See also: ۓ [U+06D3 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE WITH HAMZA ABOVE], ى [U+0649 ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA], ی [U+06CC ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH], ي [U+064A ARABIC LETTER YEH], and ئ [U+0626 ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE]

ے	U+06D2, ے ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE

← ۑ
[U+06D1]

Arabic

ۓ →
[U+06D3]

ﮮ	U+FBAE, ﮮ ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE ISOLATED FORM

← ﮭ
[U+FBAD]

Arabic Presentation Forms-A

ﮯ →
[U+FBAF]

ﮯ	U+FBAF, ﮯ ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE FINAL FORM

← ﮮ
[U+FBAE]

Arabic Presentation Forms-A

ﮰ →
[U+FBB0]

Arabic

Letter

ے (no case)

alternative form of ي (y)

Usage notes

Not a distinct letter, primarily used to save space when writing or in calligraphy.

Balti

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e/, [e]

Letter

ے (e) (no case)

The forty-sixth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ے	ـے

Burushaski

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eː/, [eː]

Letter

ے (ee) (no case)

The fifty-second letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ے	ـے

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /boɖ jeː/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/, /eː/

Letter

ے • (y) (no case)

The forty-second and last letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ی.

Forms

The letter ے in its initial form is ﯾ, middle form ﯿ and final form ے.

Persian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eː/

Letter

ے • (yā-yi mardūda) (no case)

(Indo-Persian) Alternative form of word-final , used specifically to represent word-final /eː/.
― āmadī ― you came

― āmadē ― he/she would come

― šēr⁠ī ― lion-like, leonine

― šēr⁠ē ― a lion, one lion

Usage notes

In India, this was called the (yā-yi mardūda, “returned yā”), as opposed to the normal (yā-yi muhaqqaqa, “authentic yā”).

Descendants

Punjabi: ے (e)
Urdu: ے (e)
- Balti: ے
- Burushaski: ے
- Kashmiri: ے (y)

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Gurmukhi letter: ੇ (e), ੈ (ai)
(letter name): وَڈّی یے (vaḍḍī ye)

Pronunciation

(letter name): (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʋəɖ.ɖiː jeː/
(Doabi) IPA^(key): /bəɖ.ɖiː jeː/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /eː/, /ɛː/

Letter

ے • (vaḍḍī ye) (no case)

The forty-second and last letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by ی (y); used at the end of a word to indicate the vowel sounds e and ai.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ے	ـے

Urdu

Pronunciation

(letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.ɽiː jeː/
(phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /eː/, /ɛː/

Letter

ے • (baṛī ye) (no case)

The thirty-ninth and last letter of the Urdu alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ی; used at the end of a word to indicate the vowel sounds e and ai.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
ے	ـے