أي

From Proto-Semitic *ʔayy-.

• IPA^(key): /ʔajj/

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أَيّ • (ʔayy) m or f

1. which ...? what ...? what kind of ...? (followed by a noun in the genitive or a personal suffix)

   مِنْ أَيِّ بَلَدٍ أَنْتَ؟

   min ʔayyi baladin ʔanta?

   From which country are you?

   أَيًّا مِنْ هٰذِهِ الْأَلْعَابِ تُفَضِّلُ؟

   ʔayyan min hāḏihi l-ʔalʕābi tufaḍḍilu?

   Which of these games do you prefer?

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 31:34:

     وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ مَاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ

     wa-mā tadrī nafsun māḏā taksibu ḡadan wa-mā tadrī nafsun bi-ʔayyi ʔarḍin tamūtu

     and no soul perceives in what land it will die.

2. whichever

   أَيَّ كِتَابٍ تَقْرَأْ يُفِدْكَ

   ʔayya kitābin taqraʔ yufidka

   Whichever book you read, it'll benefit you.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:110:

     أَيًّا مَا تَدْعُوا فَلَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَاءُ ٱلْحُسْنَى

     ʔayyan mā tadʕū fa-lahu l-ʔasmāʔu l-ḥusnā

     whatever you call upon , to Him belongs the best names.

3. any

   زُرْنِي فِي أَيِّ وَقْتٍ

   zurnī fī ʔayyi waqtin

   Visit me at any time.

• While أَيّ (ʔayy) can be used with masculine as well as feminine nouns, the form أَيَّة (ʔayya) is exclusively used with feminine nouns.

• أَيٌّ مَا (ʔayyun mā)
• أَيَّمَا (ʔayyamā)
• كَأَيِّنْ (kaʔayyin)

• IPA^(key): /ʔaj/

أَيْ • (ʔay)

1. that is to say, namely, i.e.

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “أي”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN

From Arabic أَيّ (ʔayy).

• IPA^(key): /ʔajj/

أي • (ʔayy)

1. any

   أي طريق خدتي غتوصلك لاين باغية.

   ʔayy ṭrīq ḵadti ḡatwaṣṣalki lāyin bāḡya.

   Any road you take will lead you to where you want.

From Arabic أيّ.

• IPA^(key): /ʔajj/,

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أيّ • (ʔayy)

1. which?
2. any

أيّ • (ʔayy)

1. which?

• أنو (ʔanū)