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

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

     waʔiḏā mariḍtu fahuwa yašfīni

     and when I get sick it is He who cures me

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕayn), غ (ḡayn), ف (fāʔ), ق (qāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), ه (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)
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Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n/, [n]

Letter

ن (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n/, [n]

Letter

ن (n)

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

Kashmiri

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.

Forms

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

Usage notes

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.

See also

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

Kazakh

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

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.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: م
• Next letter: ە
• (Arabic script letters) ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي.

Malay

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.

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ ة,‎ ث,‎ ج,‎ چ,‎ ح,‎ خ,‎ د,‎ ذ,‎ ر,‎ ز,‎ س,‎ ش,‎ ص,‎ ض,‎ ط,‎ ظ,‎ ع,‎ غ,‎ ڠ,‎ ف,‎ ڤ,‎ ق,‎ ک,‎ ݢ,‎ ل,‎ م,‎ ن,‎ و,‎ ۏ,‎ ه,‎ ء,‎ ي,‎ ى,‎ ڽ ^[edit]

North Levantine Arabic

Suffix

ـن • (-un, -wun, -yun) pl

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

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Letter

ن • (nun)

1. A letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet.

Etymology 2

Noun

ن • (ramazan)

1. Abbreviation of رمضان (“Ramadan”).

Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ن • (nun)

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

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: م
• Next letter: ڼ

Persian

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.

Punjabi

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.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: م (mīm)
• Next letter: ݨ (aṇūn)
• (Shahmukhi script letters) ا, ب (b), پ (p), ت (t), ٹ (ṭ), ث (s̱), ج (j), چ (c), ح (ḥ), خ (x), د (d), ڈ (ḍ), ذ (ẕ), ر (r), ڑ (ṛ), ز (z), ژ (ž), س (s), ش (ś), ص (ṣ), ض (ẓ), ط (t̤), ظ (z̤), ع (ʻ), غ (ġ), ف (f), ق (q), ک (k), گ (g), ل (l), ࣇ (ḷ), م (m), ن (n), ݨ (ṇ), ں (ṉ), ہ (h), و (v), ی (y), ے (e) ^{(Category: Punjabi letters)}
• (Shahmukhi script vowels) آ,‎ ا,‎ ع,‎ و,‎ ء,‎ ی,‎ ے ^{(Category: Punjabi letters) [edit]}
• (Shahmukhi script diacritics) ◌َ (a), ◌ِ (i), ◌ُ (u), ◌ّ, ◌ْ (◌), ◌٘, ◌ٰ (ā), ◌ً (an), ^{(Category: Punjabi letters)}

Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ن • (nūn)

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

Forms

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

See also

• (Letters of the Sindhi alphabet) ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ھ, ء, ي

• Previous letter: م
• Next letter: ڻ

Urdu

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.

Forms

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

See also

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

Uyghur

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ن • (ne)

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

Forms

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

See also

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

Yoruba

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.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: م
• Next letter: وْ