ں

See also: ن, U, and u

ں U+06BA, ں ARABIC LETTER NOON GHUNNA ← ڹ [U+06B9] Arabic ڻ → [U+06BB]

ﮞ U+FB9E, ﮞ ARABIC LETTER NOON GHUNNA ISOLATED FORM ← ﮝ [U+FB9D] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﮟ → [U+FB9F]

ﮟ U+FB9F, ﮟ ARABIC LETTER NOON GHUNNA FINAL FORM ← ﮞ [U+FB9E] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﮠ → [U+FBA0]

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /◌̃/

Letter

ں (ṇ) (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, ﮞ 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

• Gurmukhi letter: ਂ, ੰ, ਁ
• (letter name): نُون غُنَّہ (nūn ġunnah)
• ن٘

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /nuːn ɣʊnːä(ː)/
• (phoneme):

  (before uvulars) IPA^(key): [◌̃ɴ]

  (before velars) IPA^(key): [◌̃ŋ]

  (before postalveolars) IPA^(key): /◌̃ɲ/, [◌̃n̠ʲ]

  (before retroflexes) IPA^(key): [◌̃ɳ]

  (before dentals) IPA^(key): [◌̃n̪]

  (before labials) IPA^(key): [◌̃m]

  (before approximants, voiceless sibilants and /ɦ/, word finally) IPA^(key): [◌̃]

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 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]

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

• Shahmukhi script diacritics (script appendix): ◌َ, ◌ِ, ◌ُ, ◌ّ, ◌ْ, ◌٘, ◌ٰ, ◌ً ^[edit]

Urdu

Alternative forms

• (letter name): نون غنہ (nūn ġunna)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nuːn ɣʊn.nɑ(ː)/
• (dated): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nuːn.eː ɣʊn.nɑ(ː)/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /◌̃/

Letter

ں • (̃) (no case) (Hindi spellingँ (̃) 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

• Initial and medial forms of Arabic Letter Noon Ghunna (Unicode)