Baṛī ye ( ur, "greater ye") is a letter in the Urdu alphabet (and other

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language alphabets based on the Nastaʿliq script) directly based on the alternative "returned" variant of the final form of the Arabic letter ye/

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(known as ''yāʾ mardūda'') found in the Hijazi, Kufic and Nastaʿliq scripts. It functions as the word-final ''yā-'e-majhūl'' ([]) and ''yā-'e-sākin'' ([]). It is distinguished from the "choṭī ye ( "lesser ye")", which is the regular Perso-Arabic alphabet, Perso-Arabic yāʾ () used elsewhere.

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