İ

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İ U+0130, İ
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DOT ABOVE
Composition:I [U+0049] + ◌̇ [U+0307]
į
Latin Extended-A ı

Translingual

Letter

İ (lower case i)

  1. (until ca. 17th century) Obsolete form of I.
    • 1616, epitaph of William Shakespeare’s grave (image); Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-on-Avon, England (in English) :
      Good frend for İesvs sake forbeare, to digg the dvst encloased heare. Bleste be yͤ man yͭ spares thes stones, and cvrst be he yͭ moves my bones.
    • 1686, John Riley, portrait of Bridget Holmes (image), inscription at the bottom left corner (in Latin) :
      BRİDGET. HOLMES / ETA:S SUÆ: 96 / A:D:1686:·

Usage notes

Medieval dotted I would not normally be typeset with this character, but with normal U+0049 and left to an appropriate font to render dotted.

Azerbaijani

Letter

İ upper case (lower case i)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Crimean Tatar

Letter

İ upper case (lower case i)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Turkish

Pronunciation

Letter

İ (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

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