Urdu: لِئے/ لِیے

[MonsieurGonzalito]

Friends,

Today I got my writing corrected by and Urdu speaker. In a sentence, I was using کے لِئے, and he told me that, although لِئے is technically correct, 99% of people would use لِیے ?


Is this true? (i.e. is لِئے so unusual to the point of looking odd?)
If true, does this preference for یے also apply to all the rest of the + [e] vowel unions?

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(*) Incidentally, I went to the Urdu Lughat and looked up لِئے
It turns out that even the examples have the word re-written as لِیے 😄

اوسکی نصرت کے لیے آئے چار ہزار فرشتے .

اب مُنہ نہیں دکھلائے گی بابا کو یہ دُختر

میرے لیے مجروح ہوا ان کا برادر

 

[Qureshpor]

Today I got my writing corrected by and Urdu speaker. In a sentence, I was using کے لِئے, and he told me that, although لِئے is technically correct, 99% of people would use لِیے ?

I don't know about any percentages but I would say this is an exaggeration. لئے is very common. I've written this word in this way all my life. However, in a book called "اردو کیسے لکھیں", the author رشید حسن خان advises people to write لیے. So, take your pick. I don't believe either is wrong.