Arabic letter Ya (ي)
يَاء(Ya)
The four forms
- Isolated
- ي
- Initial
- يـ
- Medial
- ـيـ
- Final
- ـي
Pronunciation
- How do you say it?
- The middle of the tongue close to the roof of the mouth, with voice. It is also the long 'ee' vowel (bee).
- Sounds like
- Like the y in 'yes'; as a vowel like the ee in 'see'.
- Tip for parents
- Two dots underneath. At the start and in the middle it looks like ba; the dots tell them apart.
Words with this letter

يَد
hand
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