"sukun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sukuns [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سُكُون (sukūn). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ar|سُكُون}} Borrowed from Arabic سُكُون (sukūn), {{root|en|ar|س ك ن}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} sukun (plural sukuns)
  1. A diacritic (ـْ) used in the Arabic abjad to mark the absence of a vowel. Wikipedia link: Arabic diacritics#Sukūn Categories (topical): Arabic letter names, Diacritical marks Synonyms: sukkun, sukūn Related terms: damma, ḍamma, fatha, fatḥa, kasra, shadda, šadda, tashkil, taškīl Translations (Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel): سُكُون (sukūn) [masculine] (Arabic), sukuun (Azerbaijani), زەنە (zene) (Central Kurdish), 靜符 (Chinese Mandarin), 静符 (jìngfú) (Chinese Mandarin), soukoun [feminine, masculine] (French), Sukun [neuter] (German), जज़्म (jazm) [masculine] (Hindi), جَزْم (jazm) (Iranian Persian), ساکِن (sâken) (Iranian Persian), سُکون (sokun) (Iranian Persian), スクーン (sukūn) (Japanese), сукун (sukun) (Kazakh), 수쿤 (sukun) (Korean), baris mati (Malay), tanda mati (Malay), sukun (Malay), sikûn (Northern Kurdish), سکون (sokun) [masculine] (Pashto), суку́н (sukún) [masculine] (Russian), сукун (sukun) (Tajik), ҷазм (jazm) (Tajik), sükûn (Turkish), cezm (Turkish), جَزْم (jazm) [masculine] (Urdu), sukun (Uzbek), jazm (Uzbek)

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Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel",
      "word": "jazm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sukun"
}

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