Nun (letter)
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Nun is the fourteenth
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the
Origins
Nun is believed to be derived from an Egyptian
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Arabic nūn
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Usage | |
Writing system | 𐤫
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Descendants | ݨ ں ڻ ڼ |
Other | |
Writing direction | Right-to-left |
The letter is named nūn, and is written is several ways depending in its position in the word:
Position in word | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
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Glyph form: (Help) |
ن | ـن | ـنـ | نـ |
Some examples on its uses in Modern Standard Arabic:
Nūn is used as a suffix indicating feminine plural verb conjugations; for example هِيَ تَكْتُب hiya taktub ("she writes") becomes هُنَّ يَكْتُبْنَ hunna yaktubna ("they [feminine] write").
Nūn is also used as the prefix for first-person plural
Punjabi/Saraiki nūn
It is retroflex nasal
- کݨ مݨ، چھݨ چھݨ، ونڄݨ۔
Social media campaign (2014)
After the
In response to the
The word naṣārā/nosrim designates Christians in both Arabic, Aramaic and Hebrew. The more common term used to refer to Christians in Modern Standard Arabic is masihi (مسيحي, plural مسيحيون).
Hebrew nun
Orthographic variants | |||||
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position in word |
Various print fonts | Cursive Hebrew |
Rashi script | ||
Serif | Sans-serif | Monospaced
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non final | נ | נ | נ | ||
final | ן | ן | ן |
Hebrew spelling: נוּן
- The letter in its final position appears with or without a top hook on different sans-serif fonts, for example
- Arial, DejaVu Sans, Arimo, Open Sans: ן
- Tahoma, Noto Sans Hebrew, Alef, Heebo: ן
Pronunciation
Nun represents an
.Variations
Nun, like
Significance
In
As in Arabic, nun as an abbreviation can stand for neqevah, feminine. In medieval Rabbinic writings, Nun Sophit (Final Nun) stood for "Son of" (Hebrew ben).
Nun is also one of the seven letters which receive a special crown (called a tag: plural tagin ) when written in a
In the game of dreidel, a rolled Nun passes play to the next player with no other action.
Character encodings
Preview | נ | ן | ن | ࢽ | ܢ | ࠍ | ||||||
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Unicode name | HEBREW LETTER NUN | HEBREW LETTER FINAL NUN | ARABIC LETTER NOON | ARABIC LETTER AFRICAN NOON | SYRIAC LETTER NUN | SAMARITAN LETTER NUN | ||||||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 1504 | U+05E0 | 1503 | U+05DF | 1606 | U+0646 | 2237 | U+08BD | 1826 | U+0722 | 2061 | U+080D |
UTF-8 | 215 160 | D7 A0 | 215 159 | D7 9F | 217 134 | D9 86 | 224 162 189 | E0 A2 BD | 220 162 | DC A2 | 224 160 141 | E0 A0 8D |
Numeric character reference | נ |
נ |
ן |
ן |
ن |
ن |
ࢽ |
ࢽ |
ܢ |
ܢ |
ࠍ |
ࠍ |
Preview | 𐎐 | 𐡍 | 𐤍 | |||
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Unicode name | UGARITIC LETTER NUN | IMPERIAL ARAMAIC LETTER NUN | PHOENICIAN LETTER NUN | |||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 66448 | U+10390 | 67661 | U+1084D | 67853 | U+1090D |
UTF-8 | 240 144 142 144 | F0 90 8E 90 | 240 144 161 141 | F0 90 A1 8D | 240 144 164 141 | F0 90 A4 8D |
UTF-16 | 55296 57232 | D800 DF90 | 55298 56397 | D802 DC4D | 55298 56589 | D802 DD0D |
Numeric character reference | 𐎐 |
𐎐 |
𐡍 |
𐡍 |
𐤍 |
𐤍 |
See also
- Nunation
- .
References
- ^ "BBC News - Iraqi Christians flee after Isis issue Mosul ultimatum". BBC News. 18 July 2014. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ "Iraqi Christians flee after Isis issue Mosul ultimatum". BBC News. August 7, 2014. Archived from the original on July 24, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
- ^ Loveluck, Louisa (August 7, 2014). "Christians flee Iraq's Mosul after Islamists tell them: convert, pay or die". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on July 30, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
- ^ "A Christian Genocide Symbolized by One Letter". National Review Online. 23 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-25. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ^ a b "#ن: How an Arabic letter was reclaimed to support Iraq's persecuted Christians". euronews. 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2014-08-20.