ن

See also: ں‎

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

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 llam yafʕal mā ʔāmuruhu layusjananna walayakūnan mmina 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 (ā), ب‎ (b), ت‎ (t), ث‎ (ṯ), ج‎ (j), ح‎ (ḥ), خ‎ (ḵ), د‎ (d), ذ‎ (ḏ), ر‎ (r), ز‎ (z), س‎ (s), ش‎ (š), ص‎ (ṣ), ض‎ (ḍ), ط‎ (ṭ), ظ‎ (ẓ), ع‎ (ʕ), غ‎ (ḡ), ف‎ (f), ق‎ (q), ك‎ (k), ل‎ (l), م‎ (m), ن (n), ه‎ (h), و‎ (w), ي‎ (y)
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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 fourtieth 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

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”

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.

Prefix

ن • (n)

1. نَه‎ as a prefix
2. (dialectal) A prefix used before personal endings or definite direct object marker (e) to link a pronoun that ends in certain vowels.

   ‏یو موتور مونه.‎‎

   yo motor mo-n-e.

   This is my motorcycle.

3. (dialectal) A prefix used before personal endings or definite direct object marker (e) to link a word that ends in certain vowels.

Usage notes

Some dialects only use this prefix to link a pronoun, while others use this to link any word which ends in certain vowels.

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

• 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