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sukun meaning in Urdu

جَزْم jazm

/suˈkun/

sukun in Urdu: جَزْم (jazm). In English, sukun means a diacritic (ـْ) used in the Arabic abjad to mark the absence of a vowel.

Urdu words for sukun

Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel
جَزْم jazm

English meaning of sukun

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

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  • Near-synonyms: virama, halant

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Questions about sukun in Urdu

What is the meaning of sukun in Urdu?
Sukun in Urdu is جَزْم (jazm).
sukun کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Sukun: جَزْم (jazm).
What does sukun mean in English?
Sukun means a diacritic (ـْ) used in the Arabic abjad to mark the absence of a vowel.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sukun (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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