a, one; marks a noun phrase as indefinite or non-specific, especially in the literary language · marks the antecedent of a restrictive relative clause as definite
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *óywos Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas Proto-Iranian *Háywah Old Persian 𐎠𐎡𐎺 (a-i-v /aiva/) Middle Persian 𐭸 (1 /ē(w)/) Persian ـی Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭸 (1 /ē(w)/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎡𐎺 (a-i-v /aiva/), from Proto-Iranian *Háywah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas, from Proto-Indo-European *óywos, possibly from *ís.
suffix forming feminine equivalents from masculine nouns · suffix forming diminutive nouns from masculine nouns
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *i- Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ikas Sanskrit -इक (-ika) Sanskrit -इका (-ikā) Prakrit -इया (-iyā) ▲ Sanskrit -ई (-ī)influ. Hindi -ई Inherited from Old Hindi -ई (-ī), from Prakrit -इया (-iyā), -ई (-ī), from Sanskrit -इका (-ikā), -ई (-ī) and also influenced by Sanskrit -ई (-ī). Doublet of -इका (-ikā). See -इयाँ (-iyā̃),…
Added to proper nouns, certain common nouns and postpositions to form adjectives: · names of people (anthroponyms, thus eponyms) · certain common nouns
eş: -beli
köken: Developed from earlier -é, the lative case suffix. Attested since 1193.
köken: Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀇𑀅 (-ia), from Sanskrit -इक (-ika, diminutive suffix) or Sanskrit -ईय (-īya, adjectival suffix). Later influenced by Persian ـی (-i).
پِسْتَہ (pista, “pistachio”) + ـِی (-ī) → پِسْتَئِی (pistaī, “having the color of [shelled] pistachios”)
Etimoloji
From Sanskrit -इक (-ika) or Sanskrit -ईय (-īya). Later influenced by Classical Persian ـی (-ī), from Middle Persian -yk' / 𐭩𐭪𐭩 (yky /-īg/, adjectival suffix), a cognate of Sanskrit -इक (-ika) through Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas. Also influenced by Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba suffix), which in Classical Persian becomes ی (-ī).