ن

Alternative forms

• ࢽ — African form; undotted when final

Etymology

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

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

Letter

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

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

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

نِ • (ni)

1. Alternative form of نِي (nī)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:80:

     وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ

     wa-ʔiḏā mariḍtu fa-huwa yašfīni

     and when I get sick it is He who cures me

See also

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with ن
• ـً
• ـٍ
• ـٌ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n/, [n]

Letter

ن (transliteration needed)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n/, [n]

Letter

ن (n)

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

Etymology 1

From Arabic ن (n).

Etymology 2

From Arabic نَـ (na-).

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ن • (n)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ن • (n)

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

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [non]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [n]

Letter

ن / ن‍ / ‍ن‍ / ‍ن

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

Suffix

ـن • (-un, -wun, -yun) pl

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

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /nun/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

ن • (nun)

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

Pronunciation

(letter name)

• IPA^(key): /nuːn/

(phoneme)

• IPA^(key): /n/
• (before velars) IPA^(key): [ŋ]
• (before uvulars) IPA^(key): [ɴ]
• (before labials) IPA^(key): [m]
• (before dentals) IPA^(key): [n̪]

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Letter

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.

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhi letter: ਨ (nannā)
• (letter name): نُون (nūn)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ن • (nūn)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ن • (nūn)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ن • (nūn)

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ne/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

ن • (ne)

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ní/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

ن (n)

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