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sukun

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /suˈkun/
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noun

Meaning 1

A diacritic (ـْ) used in the Arabic abjad to mark the absence of a vowel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: virama, halant

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: virama, halant

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُكُون (sukūn).

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سُكُون (sukūn) — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Azerbaijani: sukuun — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 靜符 /静符 (jìngfú) — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • French: soukoun — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • German: Sukun — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Hindi: जज़्म (jazm) — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Indonesian: sukun — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Japanese: スクーン (sukūn) — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Kazakh: сукун (sukun) — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Korean: 수쿤 (sukun) — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Central Kurdish: زەنە (zene) — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Northern Kurdish: sikûn — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Malay: baris mati — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Malay: tanda mati — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Malay: sukun — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Pashto: سکون (sokun) — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Iranian Persian: جَزْم (jazm) — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Iranian Persian: ساکِن (sâken) — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Iranian Persian: سُکون (sokun) — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Polish: sukun — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Russian: суку́н (sukún) — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Tajik: сукун (sukun) — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Tajik: ҷазм (jazm) — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Turkish: sükûn — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Turkish: cezm — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Urdu: جَزْم (jazm) — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Uzbek: sukun — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
  • Uzbek: jazm — Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel