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◌ً U+064B, ً ARABIC FATHATAN ← ي [U+064A] Arabic ◌ٌ → [U+064C]

ﹰ U+FE70, ﹰ ARABIC FATHATAN ISOLATED FORM [unassigned: U+FE6C–U+FE6F] ← ﹫ [U+FE6B] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﹱ → [U+FE71]

Arabic

Letter

ـً • (-an)

1. fatḥa tanwīn (فتحَة تنوين) or fatḥatān (فتحتان), a nunation (tanwīn (تنوين)) of the vowel a (ـَ - fatḥa), indicating the accusative case in Classical Arabic, usually used in combination with ا‎ (ʾalif) - (ـًا), unless it's ة‎ (tāʾ marbūṭa) (ةً) or ء‎ (hamza) (ءً). In a non-pausal formal situation it's pronounced as "-an". In dialects, relaxed (less formal) Arabic or in pausa, the pronunciation is either shorted to "-a" or ignored altogether, even when written (but ا‎ (ʾalif) must still be written, e.g. accusative of رجل‎ rajul - رجلًا‎ rajul(an)). The pronunciation "-an" is usually preserved in adverbial accusatives, e.g. شُكْرًا‎ (šukran), عَادَةً‎ (ʿādatan), etc. in dialects and informal Arabic.

See also

Arabic diacritics

ـَ‎ (-a)

ـُ‎ (-u)

ـِ‎ (-i)

ـّ‎ (--)

ـْ‎ (-)

ـً‎ (-an)

ـٌ‎ (-un)

ـٍ‎ (-in)

ـٰ‎ (-ā)

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