NOON Ghunna

ن ں

Urdu Letter	Letter Name	Sound	Hindi Equivalent	Teacher
ں	NOON Ghunna	Nasal English “N” or “M”	Multiple (fill-in)	Teacher Icon

	Final	Medial	Initial	Detached
Basic Forms	ـں	ـںـ	ںـ	ں
In Context	fill-in	fill-in	fill-in	fill-in
Write in Context	fill-in	fill-in	fill-in	fill-in

Sounds

 

When a nasalized vowel occurs in the middle of a word, followed by a consonant, the nasalization is similar to the English use of “n” or “m” in words like “sing”, “thanks”, “lamp”.

Example (transliteration)	Example (Urdu)	Hindi Equivalent
Hi(n)dī	ہندی	हिन्दी
oo(n)t	اونٹ	ऊँट
tha(n)d	سردی	ठंड
p(ā)nch	پانچ	पांच
ja(n)gal	جنگل	जंगल

At the end of a word, NOON Ghunna is used to nasalize a final long vowel. The pronunciation is similar to French nasalization as in the French words “bon”, “main”, and “lent”. Final NOON Ghunna is analogous to the chandrabindi in Hindi. In its final form, NOON Ghunna looks like regular NOON, but has no dot.

Example (transliteration)	Example (Urdu)	Hindi Equivalent
mai(n) nasalized “mai”	میں ہوں	मैं
hoo(n) nasalized “hoo”	میں ہوں	हूँ
hā(n) nasalized “hā”	جی ہاں	हाँ
haī(n) nasalized “haī”	ہہ	हैं
thee(n) nasalized “thee”	تھے	थीं

The use of NOON Ghunna is analogous to the use of the bindi and chandrabindi in the Hindi script. Notice that the “chandrabindi” in Hindi looks like a little Urdu (fill-in), and that the nasal dot in Hindi also looks like the medial dot for Urdu (fill-in).

Connections

NOON Ghunna can connect from both sides: Thus it has four forms: detached, initial, medial, and final.
The initial and medial forms of NOON Ghunna are the same as the initial and medial forms of regular NOON. (NOON Ghunna never appears at the beginning of a word, but it appears in initial form after breakers).
Note the special writing rules for the future tense using NOON Ghunna.

Example (transliteration)	Example (Urdu)	Hindi Equivalent
de(n)gay	دے گا	देंगे
le(n)gī	لے جائے گا	लेंगी
hoo(n)gā	کریں گے	हूँगा