Where does “-ਈ” come from?

-ਈ (Punjabi) comes from Classical Persian ـی, from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧.

-ਈ (Punjabi): relating to, forms adjectives from nouns

Definitions

  1. relating to, forms adjectives from nouns

Ancestry of “-ਈ”, step by step

-ਈ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Persian ـی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianـی—
2Middle Persian𐭩𐭧—

via Arabic ـِيّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـِيّ{{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...

Words derived from “-ਈ”

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