Nūn ġuṇnā
Nūn ġunnā, (Urdu: نُون غُنَّہ; Unicode: U+06BA ں ARABIC LETTER NOON GHUNNA) is an additional letter of the Arabic script not used in the Arabic alphabet itself but used in Urdu, Saraiki, and Shahmukhi Punjabi[1] to represent a nasal vowel, [◌̃]. In Shahmukhi, it is represented by the diacritic ٘◌.
Urdu alphabet |
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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 م ن (ں) و ہ (ھ) ء ی ے |
Extended Perso-Arabic script |
Shahmukhi alphabet |
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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) و ه (ھ) ء ی ے |
Extended Perso-Arabic script |
Saraiki alphabet |
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آ ا ب ٻ پ ت ٹ ث ج ڄ چ ح خ د ڈ ݙ ذ ر ڑ ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک گ ڳ ل م ن (ں) ݨ و ہ ھ ی ے |
Extended Perso-Arabic script |
Pashto alphabet |
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ﺍ ﺏ پ ﺕ ټ ﺙ ﺝ چ ﺡ ﺥ څ ځ ﺩ ډ ﺫ ﺭ ړ ﺯ ژ ږ ﺱ ﺵ ښ ﺹ ﺽ ﻁ ﻅ ﻉ ﻍ ﻑ ﻕ ک ګ ﻝ ﻡ ﻥ ڼ ﻭ ه ۀ ي ې ی ۍ ئ |
Extended Arabic script |
Kashmiri alphabet |
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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 م ن (ں) و ۆ ۄ ھ ء ی ؠ ے |
Arabic script |
Khowar alphabet |
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ا ب پ ت ٹ ث ج چ ح خ ݯ ݮ څ ځ د ڈ ذ ر ڑ ز ژ ݱ س ش ݰ ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک گ ل ڵ م ن ں و ہ ھ ء ی ے |
Extended Perso-Arabic script |
It is a nasal vowel used in many Indo-Aryan languages and Iranian languages. It is represented by the International Phonetic Alphabet by the sound of ⟨◌̃⟩. It is a dotless noon. In Saraiki and Balti, nūn ġunnā is sometimes written as ن٘.
Forms
Position in word | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
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Glyph form: (Help) |
ں | ـں | ـںـ | ںـ |
Position in word | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
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Glyph form: (Help) |
ن٘ | ـن٘ | ـن٘ـ | ن٘ـ |
Languages
The following languages use nūn ġunnā:
External links
References
- "The Ghunna with the letters Noon and Meen". March 15, 2021.
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