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 in Devanagari and in Gurmukhi.[2] In Sindhi, ڻ is used.

Arnoon in Mehr Nastaliq Saraiki font.

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

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Position in word Isolated Final Medial Initial
Glyph form:
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ݨ ـݨ ـݨـ ݨـ

Nastaliq

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The only Nastaliq font that supports the alphabet is "Mehr Nastaliq Saraiki".[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ݨ | arabic letter noon with small tah (U+0768) @ Graphemica". graphemica.com. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  2. ^ Razai Che Pukhto Walwalu (Pashto book)
  3. ^ "Unicode Character 'Arabic Letter Dal With Two Dots Vertically Below and Small Tah' (U+0759)".
  4. ^ [Download Link for Mehr Nastaliq Saraiki]
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