ں

See also: ن, U, and u
ں U+06BA, ں
ARABIC LETTER NOON GHUNNA
ڹ
[U+06B9]
Arabic ڻ
[U+06BB]
U+FB9E, ﮞ
ARABIC LETTER NOON GHUNNA ISOLATED FORM

[U+FB9D]
Arabic Presentation Forms-A
[U+FB9F]
U+FB9F, ﮟ
ARABIC LETTER NOON GHUNNA FINAL FORM

[U+FB9E]
Arabic Presentation Forms-A
[U+FBA0]

Burushaski

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /◌̃/

Letter

ں () (no case)

  1. The forty-first letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Central Kurdish

Letter

ں (i) (no case)

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Usage notes

In the proposed Reformed Sorani Kurdish alphabet, is used to denote the bizrokah, the Kurdish short "i," which is usually left out in the standard Sorani Kurdish alphabet.

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /nuːn ɡɔnaː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /◌̃/

Letter

ں • (◌̃) (no case)

  1. A letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script, representing nasalization of the previous vowel at the end of a word.

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ں ـں

Usage notes

The letter appears only at the end of a word. If the nasal sound appears in the middle of a word, it is represented by ن.

Pashto

Alternative forms

  • (letter name): نون پزه (nun páza)

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /nun ˈpa.za/, /nun ˈpo.za/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /◌̃/
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Letter

ں • (nun páza) (no case)

  1. A letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڼ and followed by و, representing nasalization of the previous vowel; limited to certain dialects.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ں ـں ـںـ ںـ

Usage notes

  • The letter is used in some Karlāṇi and Waṇetsi dialects of Pashto.

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Letter

ں • (nūn ġunnah) (no case)

  1. A letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by ݨ (aṇūn) and followed by و (vāv), representing nasalization of the previous vowel at the end of a word.

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ں ـں

Usage notes

Before plosives, it also represents prenasalization.

Medially, it is written as the standard ن (nūn). When written with diacritics, it includes the nūn ġunnah diacritic (◌٘) on top; ن٘.

See also

  • Shahmukhi script vowels (script appendix): آ, ا, ع, و, ء, ی, ے [edit]

Urdu

Alternative forms

  • (letter name): نون غنہ (nūn ġunna)

Pronunciation

Letter

ں • (̃) (no case) (Hindi spelling (̃) or (◌̃))

  1. A letter of the Urdu alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ن and followed by و (w, o, ū), representing nasalization of the previous vowel at the end of a word.

Forms

Isolated form Final form
ں ـں

Usage notes

  • The letter only appears at the end of a word.
  • In some fontfaces, the initial and medial forms take the shape of a standard ن (n, nun), combined with a small ghunnah mark; for other fonts, the standard nun and ◌٘ (ghunnah mark) are typed separately to indicate initial and medial nasalisation.

References