"sukun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sukuns [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سُكُون (sukūn). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|ar|سُكُون|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic سُكُون (sukūn), {{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 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) (Hindi), 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), ساکِن (sâken) (Persian), سُکون (sokun) (Persian), جَزْم (jazm) (Persian), суку́н (sukún) [masculine] (Russian), сукун (sukun) (Tajik), ҷазм (jazm) (Tajik), sükûn (Turkish), cezm (Turkish), جَزْم (jazm) (Urdu), sukun (Uzbek), jazm (Uzbek)

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