Nun | |
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Phoenician | 𐤍 |
Hebrew | נ |
Aramaic | 𐡍 |
Syriac | ܢ |
Arabic | ن |
Phonemic representation | n |
Position in alphabet | 14 |
Numerical value | 50 |
Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician | |
Greek | Ν |
Latin | N |
Cyrillic | Н |
Nun is the fourteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Arabic nūn ن, Aramaic nūn 𐡍, Hebrew nūn נ, Phoenician nūn 𐤍, and Syriac nūn ܢ,. Its numerical value is 50. It is the third letter in Thaana (ނ), pronounced as "noonu". In all languages, it represents the alveolar nasal /n/.
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek nu (Ν), Etruscan , Latin N, and Cyrillic Н.