Letter Lab
ےبڑی ی
badi-yay · vowel /eː/ (terminal)Letter 38 of 38


Starts with this letter
میرےmy (plural / oblique)
تمہارےyour (plural / oblique)
گھرانےhouseholds / families
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Draw a wide curving stroke that drops well below the baseline, opening to the right.

For parents
ے only appears at word-end and carries the long /eː/ vowel sound. It often marks the oblique-case ending of nouns (مرد → مردے = of/from men) or plural endings (گھر → گھرانے = households). The shape is visually large; do not let your child shrink it. It is one of the few letters that is final-only, there is no initial or medial form. Learning when to use ے vs ی at word-end is part of mid-school Urdu literacy. Stroke timings approximate.
Writing بڑے (bare, big-plural) with bari ye instead of choti ye shows the child has internalised plural-marking. Name the grammar quietly working.