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ن

See also: نـ, ں, Ů, and ů

ن U 0646, ن
ARABIC LETTER NOON
← م
[U 0645] 		Arabic ه →
[U 0647]
ﻥ U FEE5, ﻥ
ARABIC LETTER NOON ISOLATED FORM
← ﻤ
[U FEE4] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻦ →
[U FEE6]
ﻦ U FEE6, ﻦ
ARABIC LETTER NOON FINAL FORM
← ﻥ
[U FEE5] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻧ →
[U FEE7]
ﻧ U FEE7, ﻧ
ARABIC LETTER NOON INITIAL FORM
← ﻦ
[U FEE6] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻨ →
[U FEE8]
ﻨ U FEE8, ﻨ
ARABIC LETTER NOON MEDIAL FORM
← ﻧ
[U FEE7] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻩ →
[U FEE9]

Arabic

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Alternative forms

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  • ࢽ — African form; undotted when final

Etymology

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From the Nabataean letter 𐢕 (l, “nun”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤍 (l, “nun”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓆓. See also Classical Syriac ܢ (l, “nun”), Hebrew נ (l, “nun”), Ancient Greek Ν (N), Latin N.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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ن / ن‍ / ‍ن‍ / ‍ن • (nūn)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by م (m) and followed by ه (h).

Symbol

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ن / ن‍ / ‍ن‍ / ‍ن • (nūn)

  1. The fourteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by م (m) and followed by س (s).

Suffix

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ـنَّ or ـنْ • (-nna or -n)

  1. Suffix marking the short or long energetic mood of a verb that is preceded by لَ (la).
    لَتَشْرَبَنَّ ٱلْمَاءَ أَوْ تَمُوتَ!
    latašrabanna l-māʔa ʔaw tamūta!
    Indeed, you either drink water or you die.
    لَأُسَاعِدَنَّكُمْ جَمِيعًا!
    laʔusāʕidannakum jamīʕan!
    I'll definitely help all of you.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:32:
      وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَا آمُرُهُ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًا مِّنَ الصَّاغِرِينَ
      walaʔin lam yafʕal mā ʔāmuruhu layusjananna walayakūnan mina ṣ-ṣāḡirīna
      And if he does not do what I order him to, he will certainly be imprisoned and fully disgraced.

Pronoun

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نِ • (ni)

  1. Alternative form of نِي (nī)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:80:
      وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ
      waʔiḏā mariḍtu fahuwa yašfīni
      and when I get sick it is He who cures me

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Balti

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Pronunciation

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ن (transliteration needed)

  1. The thirty-ninth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Burushaski

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ن (n)

  1. The fortieth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Kashmiri

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name): IPA(key): /nuːn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /n/, /◌̃/

Letter

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ن • (n)

  1. The thirty-eighth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ن ـن ـنـ نـ

Usage notes

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The nasal sound IPA(key): /◌̃/ is represented by ن only when it comes in the middle of a word. If the nasal sound appears at the end of a word, it is represented by ں.

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  • Previous letter: م (m)
  • Next letter: و (v)

Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic ن
Cyrillic Н, н
Latin N, n
Yañalif N, n

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ن • (n)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Н.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ن ـن ـنـ نـ

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Malay

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Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Pronunciation

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Letter

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ن / ن‍ / ‍ن‍ / ‍ن

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

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North Levantine Arabic

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Suffix

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ـن • (-un, -wun, -yun) pl

  1. Alternative spelling of ـهن when not pronounced as “-hun”

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Letter

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ن • (nun)

  1. A letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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ن • (ramazan)

  1. Abbreviation of رمضان (“Ramadan”).

Pashto

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Pronunciation

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ن • (nun)

  1. The thirty-sixth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ن ـن ـنـ نـ

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  • Previous letter: م
  • Next letter: ڼ

Persian

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(letter name)

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Letter

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ن / نـ / ـنـ / ـن • (nun)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by م and followed by و. Its name is نون.

Punjabi

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name): IPA(key): /nuːn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /n/, [n̪]

Letter

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ن • (nūn)

  1. The thirty-third letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ن ـن ـنـ نـ

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Sindhi

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Pronunciation

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ن • (nūn)

  1. The forty-eighth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

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Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ن ـن ـنـ نـ

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  • Previous letter: م
  • Next letter: ڻ

Urdu

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name): IPA(key): /nuːn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /n/, /ɳ/, /ɲ/, /ŋ/

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ن • (nūn)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ن ـن ـنـ نـ

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  • Previous letter: م (m)
  • Next letter: ں (̃)

Uyghur

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Pronunciation

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ن • (ne)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

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Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ن ـن ـنـ نـ

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  • Previous letter: م (m)
  • Next letter: ھ (h)

Yoruba

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ن (n)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ن ـن ـنـ نـ

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  • Previous letter: م
  • Next letter: وْ
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