Nun (letter)
Noon is the fourteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician nūn 𐤍, Hebrew nūn נ, Aramaic nūn 𐡍, Syriac nūn ܢ, and Arabic nūn ن (in abjadi order). 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/.
| Noon | |
|---|---|
| Phoenician | |
| Hebrew | נ |
| Aramaic | |
| 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 |
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek nu (Ν), Etruscan , Latin N, and Cyrillic Н.
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