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sukun en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /suˈkun/

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُكُون (sukūn).

Meanings

  1. A diacritic (ـْ) used in the Arabic abjad to mark the absence of a vowel.
    • Near-synonyms: virama, halant

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sukuns Number=Plur lexicographic
sukūn alternative lexicographic
sukkun alternative lexicographic

Relateds

damma · tashkil · shadda · ḍamma · šadda · kasra · fatḥa · taškīl · fatha

Synonyms

virama · halant

Translations (28)

ms sukun (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · ru суку́н (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · tr sükûn (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · ur جَزْم (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · ar سُكُون (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · pl sukun (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · ms tanda mati (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · uz jazm (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · fr soukoun (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · az sukuun (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · ja スクーン (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · de Sukun (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · fa-ira سُکون (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · fa-ira ساکِن (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · uz sukun (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · fa-ira جَزْم (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · hi जज़्म (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · tg ҷазм (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · tg сукун (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · ps سکون (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · ckb زەنە (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · ms baris mati (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · ko 수쿤 (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · cmn 靜符 /静符 (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · kmr sikûn (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · kk сукун (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · id sukun (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel) · tr cezm (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel)