-i

Morpheme

-i

Type

suffix

Denotation

adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, related to, or from”

Etymology

Hindi -ī; Persian -i; Early New Persian -ī; Middle Persian īg; Old Persian -ikah

Evidence

Afghani, Baghdadi, Bengali, Farsi, Hindi, Iraqi, Israeli, ‎Kabuli, Nepali, Pakistani

See Also

-y

Homographs

I, i-, i-, -i-, -i, -i, -i, -i, -i, -i, -i

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