ـیه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya). Doublet of ـیت (-iyyat).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [‿ij.ˈja]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [‿i.jǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [‿i.jǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [‿i.jǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [‿i.jǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [‿ij.jé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [‿i.jǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	‿iyya
Dari reading?	‿iya
Iranian reading?	‿iyye
Tajik reading?	‿iya

Suffix

ـیه • (-iyye)

1. Dated form of ـیت (-iyyat, “-ness, -ity”)
2. Used in certain country names.

   ‎ترک (tork, “Turk”) + ‎ـیه (-iyye) → ‎ترکیه (torkiyye, “Turkey”)

   ‎روس (rus, “Russan”) + ‎ـیه (-iyye) → ‎روسیه (rusiyye, “Russia”)

3. (Sufism) Used in the names of Sufi orders.

   ‎مولوی (mowlavi, a title of Rumi) + ‎ـیه (-iyye) → ‎مولویه (mowlaviyye, “Mevlevi Order”)

   ‎چشت (češt, a town in Afghanistan where the early masters hailed) + ‎ـیه (-iyye) → ‎چشتیه (češtiyye, “Chishti Order”)

4. (historical) Used in the names of certain dynastic periods.

   ‎زند (zand) + ‎ـیه (-iyye) → ‎زندیه (zandiyye, “Zand period”)

   ‎قاجار (qâjâr) + ‎ـیه (-iyye) → ‎قاجاریه (qâjâriyye, “Qajar period”)

Derived terms

Persian terms suffixed with ـیه

افتتاحیه

خیریه

رویه

قاجاریه

نشریه

نظریه