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Acehnese
Pronunciation
Letter
ن (nun)
Forms
| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
|---|---|---|---|
| ن | ـن | ـنـ | نـ |
See also
- Arabic script letters: حرف (haraih, harah) (script appendix): 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]
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
ن / ن / ن / ن • (nūn)
Symbol
ن / ن / ن / ن • (nūn)
- 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)
- Suffix marking the short or long energetic mood of a verb that is often 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.
Usage notes
- This suffix can be appended to the present or imperative stem.
- If appended to the present stem, it is can no longer differentiate between the indicative, subjunctive and jussive mood.
- The longer form (ـنَّ) has stronger meaning, but not all grammatical persons can form both forms.
- Example of the energetic forms of فَعَلَ (faʕala):
- Present: أَنَا أَفْعَلَنْ/أَفْعَلَنَّ – أَنْتَ تَفْعَلَنْ/تَفْعَلَنَّ – أَنْتِ تَفْعَلِنْ/تَفْعَلِنَّ – هُوَ يَفْعَلَنْ/يَفْعَلَنَّ – هِيَ تَفْعَلَنْ/تَفْعَلَنَّ – أَنْتُمَا تَفْعَلَانِّ – هُمَا يَفْعَلَانِّ – هُمَا تَفْعَلَانِّ – نَحْنُ نَفْعَلَنْ/نَفْعَلَنَّ – أَنْتُمْ تَفْعَلُنْ/تَفْعَلُنَّ – أَنْتُنَّ تَفْعَلْنَانِّ – هُمْ يَفْعَلُنْ/يَفْعَلُنَّ – هُنَّ يَفْعَلْنَانِّ
- Imperative: اِفْعَلَنْ/اِفْعَلَنَّ – اِفْعَلِنْ/اِفْعَلِنَّ – اِفْعَلَانِّ – اِفْعَلُنْ/اِفْعَلُنَّ – اِفْعَلْنَانِّ
- Present:
Pronoun
نِ • (ni)
- alternative form of نِي (nī)
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
Balti
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n/, [n]
Letter
ن (transliteration needed)
- The thirty-ninth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
Burushaski
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n/, [n]
Letter
ن (n)
- The fortieth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
Egyptian Arabic
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
ن • (n)
- The twenty-fifth letter in the Hija'i order, named نون (nūn).
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ni/, (after a vowel) /n/
Prefix
نِـ • (ni-)
- Froms first-person plural forms of present-tense verbs.
- alternative form of ا- (a-, first-person singular present-tense conjugating prefix)
Kashmiri
Pronunciation
Letter
ن • (n)
- 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
Kazakh
Pronunciation
Letter
ن • (n)
Forms
| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
|---|---|---|---|
| ن | ـن | ـنـ | نـ |
See also
- Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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 [edit]
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [non]
- (Phoneme) IPA(key): [n]
Letter
ن / ن / ن / ن
See also
- Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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
Etymology 1
From the ن that was part of already-pejorative terms like the below, which produced verbs meaning "to act like a..." that naturally ended in ن:
- كسلان (kaslān, kislān, “lazy”): تكسلن (tkaslan)
- شيطان (šayṭān, “Satan”): تشيطن (tšayṭan, “to act wicked, diabolical”)
- ملعون (malʕūn, “conniving, despicable”, literally “cursed”): تملعن (tmalʕan)
- بهسان (bahsān, bihsān, “layabout”): تبهسن (tbahsan)
- Possibly زعران (zuʕrān, “scoundrels”, plural of أزعر (ʔazʕar)): تزعرن (tzaʕran)
The ن that made it into verbs like these was then reanalyzed as a specifically verbal root extension and used productively on other triliteral roots.
Suffix
ـن • (n)
- Extension for triliteral roots that creates typically pejorative verbs and verbal nouns
Derived terms
- تحمرن (tḥamran, “to act like a dumbass”)
- تسطلن (tsaṭlan, “to act blockheaded”)
- تكلبن (tkalban, “to act selfish, greedy, with cowardice”)
- تلأمن (tlaʔman, “to be vindictive, vicious”)
- تموضن (tmawḍan, tmōḍan, “to act trendy”)
- تهبلن (thablan, “to act like an idiot”)
- تهضمن (thaḍman, “to act cutesy”)
- دبشنة (dabšane, “rude, oafish behavior”)
Etymology 2
Suffix
ـن • (-un, -wun, -yun) pl
- alternative spelling of ـهن when not pronounced as “-hun”
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Letter
ن • (nun)
- A letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet.
Etymology 2
Noun
ن • (ramazan)
Pashto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /nun/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /n/
Letter
ن • (nun)
- The thirty-sixth letter of the Pashto alphabet.
Forms
| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
|---|---|---|---|
| ن | ـن | ـنـ | نـ |
See also
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]
Audio (Iran): (file)
Letter
ن / نـ / ـنـ / ـن • (nun)
- 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
Pronunciation
Letter
ن • (nūn)
Forms
| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
|---|---|---|---|
| ن | ـن | ـنـ | نـ |
See also
- Shahmukhi script letters: اکّھر (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ٹ, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ڈ, ذ, ر, ڑ, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ک, گ, ل, ࣇ, م, ن, ݨ, ں, ہ, و, ی, ے [edit]
Sindhi
Pronunciation
Letter
ن • (nūn)
- The forty-eighth letter of the Sindhi abjad.
Forms
| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
|---|---|---|---|
| ن | ـن | ـنـ | نـ |
See also
- Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): 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, ه, ء, ي [edit]
- Previous letter: م
- Next letter: ڻ
Urdu
Pronunciation
Letter
ن • (nūn)
- The thirty-second letter of the Urdu abjad.
Forms
| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
|---|---|---|---|
| ن | ـن | ـنـ | نـ |
See also
Uyghur
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ne/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /n/
Letter
ن • (ne)
- The twenty-third letter of the Uyghur alphabet.
Forms
| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
|---|---|---|---|
| ن | ـن | ـنـ | نـ |
See also
Yoruba
Pronunciation
Letter
ن (n)
Forms
| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
|---|---|---|---|
| ن | ـن | ـنـ | نـ |