sukun

See also: sukūn, sükun, and ◌ْ

English

A sukūn. Note that the dotted line represents the letter to which the sukun is applied.

Alternative forms

• sukkun, sukūn

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُكُون (sukūn).

Noun

sukun (plural sukuns)

1. A diacritic (ـْ) used in the Arabic abjad to mark the absence of a vowel.

   Near-synonyms: virama, halant

Translations

Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel

• Arabic: سُكُون m (sukūn)
• Azerbaijani: sukuun
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 靜符／静符 (jìngfú)

• French: soukoun (fr) m or f
• German: Sukun n
• Hindi: जज़्म (jazm)
• Japanese: スクーン (sukūn)
• Kazakh: сукун (sukun)
• Korean: 수쿤 (sukun)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: زەنە (zene)

  Northern Kurdish: sikûn (ku)

• Malay: baris mati, tanda mati, sukun
• Pashto: سکون (ps) m (sokun)
• Persian: ساکِن (fa) (sâken), سُکون (fa) (sokun), جَزْم (fa) (jazm)
• Russian: суку́н (ru) m (sukún)
• Tajik: сукун (sukun), ҷазм (jazm)
• Turkish: sükûn (tr), cezm
• Urdu: جَزْم (jazm)
• Uzbek: sukun (uz), jazm (uz)

See also

• damma／ḍamma
• fatha／fatḥa
• kasra
• shadda／šadda
• tashkil／taškīl

 

Anagrams

• Nukus

Bragat

Noun

súkun

1. water

Further reading

• D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea, Oceanic Linguistics, volume 7, numéro 1 (Summer, 1968), pages 36-66, page 41

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.kun/

Noun

sukun

1. breadfruit, fruit of the tropical tree Artocarpus altilis

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English school.

Noun

sukun

1. school

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /sukon/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /sukʊn/
• Rhymes: -ukon, -kon, -on

Noun

sukun (Jawi spelling سوکون, plural sukun-sukun, informal 1st possessive sukunku, 2nd possessive sukunmu, 3rd possessive sukunnya)

1. breadfruit, fruit of the tropical tree Artocarpus altilis

   Synonym: kulur

Further reading

• “sukun” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.ˈkun/, [su.ˈkun]

Noun

sukun

1. skirt