أي

From Proto-Semitic *ʔayy-.

• IPA^(key): /ʔajj/

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أَيّ • (ʾayy) 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 ʾayyi baladin ʾanta?

   From which country are you?

   ‏أَيًّا مِنْ هٰذِهِ الْأَلْعَابِ تُفَضِّلُ؟‎‎

   ʾayyan min hāḏihi l-ʾalʿābi 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-ʾayyi ʾarḍin tamūtu

     [...] and no soul perceives in what land it will die.

2. whichever

   ‏أَيَّ كِتَابٍ تَقْرَأْ يُفِدْكَ‎

   ʾayya kitābin taqraʾ yufidka

   Whichever book you read, it'll benefit you.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:110:

     ‏أَيًّا مَا تَدْعُوا فَلَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَاءُ ٱلْحُسْنَى‎

     ʾayyan mā tadʿū fa-lahu l-ʾasmāʾu l-ḥusnā

     [... by] whatever [name] you call upon [Him], to Him belongs the best names.

3. any

   ‏زُرْنِي فِي أَيِّ وَقْتٍ‎

   zurnī fī ʾayyi waqtin

   Visit me at any time.

• أَيٌّ مَا‎ (ʾayyun mā)
• أَيَّمَا‎ (ʾayyamā)
• كَأَيِّنْ‎ (kaʾayyin)

• IPA^(key): /ʔaj/

أَيْ • (ʾay)

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 (ʾayy).

• 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/, [ʔaj]

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أيّ • (ʔayy)

1. which?
2. any

أيّ • (ʔayy)

1. which?

• أنو‎ (ʔanū)