sukun

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See also: sukūn, sükun, and ◌ْ

English

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A sukūn. Note that the dotted line represents the letter to which the sukun is applied.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُكُون (sukūn).

Noun

sukun (plural sukuns)

  1. A diacritic (ـْ) used in the Arabic abjad to mark the absence of a vowel.
    Sukūns are mainly encoded U+0652 ᴀʀᴀʙɪᴄ ꜱᴜᴋᴜɴ.
    Near-synonyms: virama, halant

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Bragat

Noun

súkun

  1. water

Further reading

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

Noun

sukun

  1. breadfruit, fruit of the tropical tree Artocarpus altilis

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English school.

Noun

sukun

  1. school

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

sukun (Jawi spelling سوکون, plural sukun-sukun, informal 1st possessive sukunku, 2nd possessive sukunmu, 3rd possessive sukunnya)

  1. breadfruit, fruit of the tropical tree Artocarpus altilis
    Synonym: kulur

Further reading

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

Noun

sukun

  1. skirt
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