ݨ, (Arabic letter noon with small tah (U+0768), ṇūṇ), is an additional letter of the Arabic script,[1] not used in the Arabic alphabet itself but used in Saraiki, Shina and Shahmukhi Punjabi to represent a retroflex nasal consonant, [ɳ].
ڼ is the twenty-ninth letter of Pashto alphabet. It represents the retroflex nasal letter (IPA: [ɳ]) or Ṇ in Latin Alphabets, which is ण in Devanagari and ਣ in Gurmukhi.[2] In Sindhi, ڻ is used.
The Unicode for Saraiki letter ݨ was approved in 2005.[3] Saraiki (and rarely in Shahmukhi Punjabi) uses the letter ⟨ݨ⟩ for /ɳ/. Previously, ڑن was used to represent a voiced retroflex nasal.
It is a compound of nūn and ṛe ⟨ڑ⟩, for example:
- کݨ مݨ، چھݨ چھݨ، ونڄݨ۔
Forms
edit| Position in word | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glyph form: (Help) |
ݨ | ـݨ | ـݨـ | ݨـ |
Nastaliq
editThe only Nastaliq font that supports the alphabet is "Mehr Nastaliq Saraiki".[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "ݨ | arabic letter noon with small tah (U+0768) @ Graphemica". graphemica.com. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ^ Razai Che Pukhto Walwalu (Pashto book)
- ^ "Unicode Character 'Arabic Letter Dal With Two Dots Vertically Below and Small Tah' (U+0759)".
- ^ [Download Link for Mehr Nastaliq Saraiki]
External links
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