nun

See also: Nun, nún, nùn, ñun, Nun., and ن

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Translingual

Symbol

nun

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Anong.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Anong terms

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English nonne, nunne, from Old English nunne (“nun”), from Late Latin nonna (“nun, tutor”), originally (along with masculine form nonnus (“man”)) a term of address for elderly persons, perhaps from children's speech, reminiscent of nana, like papa etc. Doublet of nonna.

Pronunciation

• enPR: nŭn, IPA^(key): /nʌn/

• Audio (Australia):

  (file)

• (Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /nʊn/
• Homophone: none
• Rhymes: -ʌn

Noun

nun (plural nuns)

1. A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (Roman Catholicism, specifically) those living together in a cloister.

   Synonyms: sister, moniale, sistren, cloistress

   Antonyms: brother, friar, monk, frater

   • 1988, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 258:

     Thus, when the nuns came to the mission and we saw that instead of murmuring soft blessings and gliding seraphically over the grass in diaphanous habits, they wore smart blouses and skirts and walked, laughed and talked in low twanging tones very much like our own American missionaries did, we were very disappointed.

2. (by extension) A member of a similar female community in other confessions.

   a Buddhist nun

3. (archaic, UK, slang) A prostitute.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute

   • 1770, Samuel Foote, The Lame Lover, a Comedy in Three Acts. […], London: […] Paul Vaillant; and sold by P[eter] Elmsly […]; and Robinson and Roberts, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 12:

     Why laſt night, as Colonel Kill'em, Sir William Weezy, Lord Frederick Foretop, and I were careleſsly ſliding the Ranelagh round, picking our teeth, after a damn'd muzzy dinner at Boodle's, who ſhould trip by but an abbeſs, well known about town, with a ſmart little nun in her ſuite.

   • 1881, Pierce Egan, chapter 8, in Life in London‎^[1], page 205:

     "I mean to inform you," answered the Oxonian, with a grin on his face, "that those three nymphs, who have so much dazzled your optics, are three nuns, and the plump female is Mother .... of great notoriety [...]"

4. A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.

Usage notes

• In Roman Catholicism, a distinction is often drawn, especially by members of female religious orders, between nuns and sisters, the former being cloistered and devoted primarily to prayer, while the latter being more active, doing work such as operating hospitals, caring for the poor, or teaching.

Hyponyms

• See Poor Clare

Derived terms

• corporate nun
• dry as a nun's cunt
• dry as a nun's nasty
• nunate
• nunation
• nunbird
• nun buoy
• nun-coloured
• nunhood
• nunless
• nunlet
• nunlike
• nun-like
• nunly
• Nun Monkton
• nun moth
• nunnation
• nunnery
• nunnish
• Nun of the Visitation
• nunship
• nunsploitation
• nun's thread
• unnun

Related terms

• (member of a religious community): nonnus
• (prostitute): abbess, abbot, Covent Garden nun

Translations

member of a Christian religious community of women — see also monk

• Afrikaans: non (af)
• Albanian: murgeshë (sq) f
• Arabic: رَاهِبَة f (rāhiba)
• Armenian: միանձնուհի (hy) (mianjnuhi)
• Asturian: monxa (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: rahibə
• Basque: moja (eu)
• Belarusian: мана́шка f (manáška)
• Bulgarian: монахи́ня f (monahínja), калу́герка f (kalúgerka)
• Catalan: monja (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 修女 (zh) (xiūnǚ), 尼姑 (zh) (nígū), 姑子 (zh) (gūzi), 尼 (zh) (ní)

• Czech: jeptiška (cs) f, řeholnice (cs) f
• Danish: nonne (da) c
• Dutch: non (nl) f, (klooster-, slot-)zuster (nl) f
• Erzya: ськамонава (śkamonava)
• Esperanto: monaĥino
• Estonian: nunn (et)
• Faroese: nunna f
• Finnish: nunna (fi)
• French: nonne (fr) f, religieuse (fr) f, bonne sœur (fr) f, moniale (fr) f, nonnain (fr) f
• Galician: madre (gl) f, monxa f, touquinegra f (archaic), freira f
• Georgian: მონაზონი (monazoni)
• German: Nonne (de) f, Ordensschwester (de) f, Klosterschwester f, Schwester (de)
• Greek: μοναχή (el) f (monachí), καλόγρια (el) f (kalógria)
• Hebrew: נְזִירָה f (nezirá)
• Hindi: मठवासिनी f (maṭhvāsinī), भक्तिन (hi) f (bhaktin)
• Hungarian: apáca (hu), nővér (hu)
• Icelandic: nunna f
• Indonesian: biarawati (id), suster (id)
• Irish: bean rialta f
• Italian: suora (it) f, monaca (it) f
• Japanese: 修道女 (ja) (しゅうどうじょ, shūdōjo), 尼僧 (ja) (にそう, nisō), 童貞 (ja) (dōtei), (now derogatory) 尼 (ja) (あま, ama)
• Korean: 수녀(修女) (ko) (sunyeo), 비구니(比丘尼) (ko) (biguni)
• Kyrgyz: монахиня (monahinya)
• Latin: nonna f, monacha f
• Latvian: mūķene f
• Lithuanian: vienuolė f
• Luxembourgish: Nonn (lb) f
• Macedonian: калуѓерка f (kaluǵerka)
• Malay: rahib perempuan
• Māori: none
• Marshallese: bōjin
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: гэлэнмаа (mn) (gelenmaa)

• Norman: nonne f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nonne m or f

  Nynorsk: nonne f

• Old English: nunne f
• Ossetian: моладзан (molaʒan)
• Persian:

  Dari: رَاهِبَه (rāhiba)

  Iranian Persian: راهِبِه (râhebe)

• Polish: zakonnica (pl), mniszka (pl) f, siostra zakonna f, siostra (pl) f
• Portuguese: freira (pt), religiosa (pt) f, madre (pt) f, monja (pt) f
• Romanian: călugăriță (ro) f
• Russian: мона́хиня (ru) f (monáxinja), мона́шка (ru) f (monáška)
• Sami:

  Skolt Sami: manaših

• Scottish Gaelic: cailleach dhubh f, bean-chràbhaidh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: часна сестра f, калуђерица f, монахиња f, редовница f

  Latin: časna sestra (sh) f, kaluđerica (sh) f, monahinja (sh) f, redovnica (sh) f

• Slovak: mníška (sk) f, rehoľníčka f
• Slovene: nuna (sl) f, redovnica f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: mnichowka f

• Spanish: monja (es) f, religiosa (es) f
• Swahili: sista (sw)
• Swedish: nunna (sv) c
• Tagalog: madre
• Tajik: роҳиба (rohiba)
• Tamil: துறவி (ta) (tuṟavi)
• Tetun Dili: madre
• Thai: ชี (th) (chii), แม่ชี (th)
• Tibetan: བཙུན་མ (btsun ma)
• Turkish: rahibe (tr)
• Ukrainian: мона́хиня f (monáxynja), мона́шка f (monáška), черни́ця f (černýcja)
• Urdu: راہِبَہ f (rāhiba), نَن f (nan)
• Uyghur: راھىبە (rahibe)
• Uzbek: rohiba (uz), monashka
• Vietnamese: xơ (vi) (Roman Catholicism), bà xơ (vi) (Roman Catholicism), nữ tu sĩ (vi), nữ tu
• Vilamovian: nunn f
• Volapük: (♂♀) kleudan (vo), (♂) hikleudan (vo), (♀) jikleudan (vo)
• Welsh: lleian (cy) f

member of a non-Christian religious community of women

• Afrikaans: non (af)
• Burmese: သီလရှင် (my) (sila.hrang), ဘိက္ခုနီ (my) (bhikhku.ni) (mendicant Buddhist nun)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 尼姑 (zh-min-nan) (nî-ko͘ / lî-ko͘)

• Czech: mniška f
• Esperanto: monaĥino
• Galician: monxa f
• Georgian: მონაზონი (monazoni)
• Greek: μοναχή (el) f (monachí)
• Hindi: मठवासिनी f (maṭhvāsinī), तपस्विनी (hi) f (tapasvinī)
• Italian: monaca (it) f
• Khmer: ជី (km) (cii)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: гэлэнмаа (mn) (gelenmaa)

• Polish: mniszka (pl) f
• Tamil: துறவி (ta) (tuṟavi)
• Thai: ชี (th) (chii), แม่ชี (th)
• Tibetan: ཨ་ནི (a ni)
• Tocharian A: aśi
• Uyghur: راھىبە (rahibe)
• Vietnamese: ni (vi) (尼) (Buddism), nữ tu sĩ (vi) (女修士)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} კუსი (ḳusi), ^{(please verify)} ყუსი (q̇usi)

Further reading

• Nun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from the letter’s name in the respective language. Doublet of nu.

Alternative forms

• noon
• nūn

Pronunciation

• enPR: nŏŏn, IPA^(key): /nʊn/ or enPR: no͞on, IPA^(key): /nuːn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʊn, -uːn

Noun

nun (plural nuns)

1. The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets or abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Translations

Semitic letter

• Arabic: نُون m (nūn), ن (ar) (n) (letter)
• Catalan: nun (ca) f
• Dutch: noen (nl)
• Finnish: nun (fi)
• French: noun (fr) m, nun (fr) m
• Hebrew: נון (he) m (nun)
• Persian: نون (fa) (nun), ن (letter)
• Polish: nun (pl)
• Russian: нун (ru) m or n (nun)
• Spanish: nun (es) f or n
• Urdu: نون f (nūn)
• Yiddish: נון m or f (nun)

See also

• Appendix:Hebrew alphabet

Further reading

• Nun (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

Pronoun

nun

1. Pronunciation spelling of nothing.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “nun”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnun/ [ˈnũŋ]
• Rhymes: -un
• Syllabification: nun

Etymology 1

From Latin nōn.

Alternative forms

• ñun

Adverb

nun

1. not, no (used to make negatives)

Related terms

• non

Etymology 2

Contraction

nun

1. in a/an (contraction of en + un)

Further reading

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “nun”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “nun”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُون (nūn).

Noun

nun (definite accusative nunu, plural nunlar)

1. the Arabic letter ن

Declension

Declension of nun

	singular	plural
nominative	nun	nunlar
definite accusative	nunu	nunları
dative	nuna	nunlara
locative	nunda	nunlarda
ablative	nundan	nunlardan
definite genitive	nunun	nunların

Possessive forms of nun

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	nunum	nunlarım
sənin (“your”)	nunun	nunların
onun (“his/her/its”)	nunu	nunları
bizim (“our”)	nunumuz	nunlarımız
sizin (“your”)	nununuz	nunlarınız
onların (“their”)	nunu or nunları	nunları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	nunumu	nunlarımı
sənin (“your”)	nununu	nunlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	nununu	nunlarını
bizim (“our”)	nunumuzu	nunlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	nununuzu	nunlarınızı
onların (“their”)	nununu or nunlarını	nunlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	nunuma	nunlarıma
sənin (“your”)	nununa	nunlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	nununa	nunlarına
bizim (“our”)	nunumuza	nunlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	nununuza	nunlarınıza
onların (“their”)	nununa or nunlarına	nunlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	nunumda	nunlarımda
sənin (“your”)	nununda	nunlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	nununda	nunlarında
bizim (“our”)	nunumuzda	nunlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	nununuzda	nunlarınızda
onların (“their”)	nununda or nunlarında	nunlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	nunumdan	nunlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	nunundan	nunlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	nunundan	nunlarından
bizim (“our”)	nunumuzdan	nunlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	nununuzdan	nunlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	nunundan or nunlarından	nunlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	nunumun	nunlarımın
sənin (“your”)	nununun	nunlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	nununun	nunlarının
bizim (“our”)	nunumuzun	nunlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	nununuzun	nunlarınızın
onların (“their”)	nununun or nunlarının	nunlarının

Further reading

• “nun” in Obastan.com.

Bambara

Noun

nún

1. (anatomy) nose

References

• Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

Champenois

Etymology

Inherited from Old French negun, from Latin nec unus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nœ̃/

Adverb

nun

1. (Troyen, Langrois) nobody

References

• Daunay, Jean (1998), Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[2] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[3] (in French), Troyes

Chiricahua

Alternative forms

• non (in older Americanist literature)

Etymology

Cognates: Navajo nooʼ, Western Apache non, noi, Plains Apache nǫǫ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nòn/

Noun

nun

1. grave, burial place
2. cache

Chuj

Noun

nun

1. parent

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German nun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nun/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -un
• Syllabification: nun

Adverb

nun

1. now

Derived terms

• ĝisnuna (“(up) until now”)
• nuna
• nune
• nuntempe

Further reading

• “nun”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “nun”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Fala

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin nōn

Old Galician-Portuguese non

Fala nun

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese non, from Latin nōn (“not”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnun/
• Rhymes: -un
• Syllabification: nun

Adverb

nun

1. alternative form of non (“no, not”)

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 211

Finnish

Etymology

From Phoenician [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnun/, [ˈnun]
• Rhymes: -un
• Syllabification^(key): nun
• Hyphenation^(key): nun

Noun

nun

1. nun (fourteenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)

Declension

Inflection of nun (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		nun	nunit
genitive		nunin	nunien
partitive		nunia	nuneja
illative		nuniin	nuneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		nun	nunit
accusative	nom.	nun	nunit
	gen.	nunin
genitive		nunin	nunien
partitive		nunia	nuneja
inessive		nunissa	nuneissa
elative		nunista	nuneista
illative		nuniin	nuneihin
adessive		nunilla	nuneilla
ablative		nunilta	nuneilta
allative		nunille	nuneille
essive		nunina	nuneina
translative		nuniksi	nuneiksi
abessive		nunitta	nuneitta
instructive		—	nunein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of nun (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative nunini nunini accusative nom. nunini nunini gen. nunini genitive nunini nunieni partitive nuniani nunejani inessive nunissani nuneissani elative nunistani nuneistani illative nuniini nuneihini adessive nunillani nuneillani ablative nuniltani nuneiltani allative nunilleni nuneilleni essive nuninani nuneinani translative nunikseni nuneikseni abessive nunittani nuneittani instructive — — comitative — nuneineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative nunisi nunisi accusative nom. nunisi nunisi gen. nunisi genitive nunisi nuniesi partitive nuniasi nunejasi inessive nunissasi nuneissasi elative nunistasi nuneistasi illative nuniisi nuneihisi adessive nunillasi nuneillasi ablative nuniltasi nuneiltasi allative nunillesi nuneillesi essive nuninasi nuneinasi translative nuniksesi nuneiksesi abessive nunittasi nuneittasi instructive — — comitative — nuneinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative nunimme nunimme accusative nom. nunimme nunimme gen. nunimme genitive nunimme nuniemme partitive nuniamme nunejamme inessive nunissamme nuneissamme elative nunistamme nuneistamme illative nuniimme nuneihimme adessive nunillamme nuneillamme ablative nuniltamme nuneiltamme allative nunillemme nuneillemme essive nuninamme nuneinamme translative nuniksemme nuneiksemme abessive nunittamme nuneittamme instructive — — comitative — nuneinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative nuninne nuninne accusative nom. nuninne nuninne gen. nuninne genitive nuninne nunienne partitive nunianne nunejanne inessive nunissanne nuneissanne elative nunistanne nuneistanne illative nuniinne nuneihinne adessive nunillanne nuneillanne ablative nuniltanne nuneiltanne allative nunillenne nuneillenne essive nuninanne nuneinanne translative nuniksenne nuneiksenne abessive nunittanne nuneittanne instructive — — comitative — nuneinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative nuninsa nuninsa accusative nom. nuninsa nuninsa gen. nuninsa genitive nuninsa nuniensa partitive nuniaan nuniansa nunejaan nunejansa inessive nunissaan nunissansa nuneissaan nuneissansa elative nunistaan nunistansa nuneistaan nuneistansa illative nuniinsa nuneihinsa adessive nunillaan nunillansa nuneillaan nuneillansa ablative nuniltaan nuniltansa nuneiltaan nuneiltansa allative nunilleen nunillensa nuneilleen nuneillensa essive nuninaan nuninansa nuneinaan nuneinansa translative nunikseen nuniksensa nuneikseen nuneiksensa abessive nunittaan nunittansa nuneittaan nuneittansa instructive — — comitative — nuneineen nuneinensa

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuŋ/ [ˈnũŋ]
• Rhymes: -uŋ
• Hyphenation: nun

Etymology 1

From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + masculine article un (“a, one”).

Alternative forms

• num (reintegrationist)

Contraction

nun m (feminine nunha, masculine plural nuns, feminine plural nunhas)

1. in a, in one

Etymology 2

Probably from or under influence of Asturian nun.

Alternative forms

• num

Adverb

nun

1. (Galician-Asturian) not
   • 1898, Acevedo Huelves, Boal y su Concejo, page 61:

     En Llanteiro nun hay mozas, en Mezà todas son veyas, en Miñagon milindrosas y en Serandías a fror d'ellas.

     In Llanteiro there are no girls, in Mezá they are all old, in Miñagón [they are] finicky and in Serandías [they are] the cream of the crop.

   • 1898, Marcelino Fernández Fernández, El Franco y su Concejo, page 112:

     As cuitas ayías, num me quitan dormir. / Condo Dios nun quer, os Santos nun poden

     Other people's troubles don't keep me up at night / When God doesn't want [it], the Saints cannot

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “num”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Further reading

• “nun”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːn/

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German nu, nū, nuo with a secondary final -n, already occasionally in Middle High German nuon, from Old High German nu, from Proto-West Germanic *nū.

Alternative forms

• nu (colloquial; otherwise archaic)

Adverb

nun

1. now, at this moment
2. now, then; expressing a logical or temporal consequence

   Wir haben abgewaschen, nun müssen wir noch abtrocknen.

   We've washed up, now we must dry [the dishes].

   Was bedeuten nun die geschilderten Entwicklungen für unser Land?

   Now what do the aforementioned developments mean for our country?

3. unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis

   Was soll das nun heißen?

   What's that supposed to mean now?

Usage notes

• Although the adverb is similar and akin to English “now”, German nun is not commonly used in a strictly temporal sense, meaning “at this moment”. For that, see jetzt.

Interjection

nun

1. now, well, so

   Nun, das ist eine schwierige Frage.

   Well, that's a tough question.

Etymology 2

Clipping of nun dass or nun da.

Conjunction

nun

1. (literary or dated colloquial) now that, given that it has occurred that the circumstances do not withstand that …

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic نُون (nūn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nún/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [nɪ́ŋ]

Noun

nun f

1. nun (letter of the Arabic alphabet)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto nun, German nun. Originally replaced with nunk, it was eventually taken back.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nun/

Adverb

nun

1. now, at present, at this time

   Synonym: nunk (archaic)

Derived terms

• nun kande (“now when, now that”)
• nuna (“present, actual, current, now occurring”)
• nuna evento (“a present, current event”)
• nuna stando (“the existing condition, status quo”)
• nuntempa (“present day, time”)
• nuntempe (“at the present time”)

Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew נו״ן (nun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnun/
• Rhymes: -un
• Hyphenation: nùn

Noun

nun f (invariable)

1. nun, specifically:
   1. the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤍
   2. the name of the Hebrew-script letter נ/ן
   3. the name of the Arabic-script letter ن

Adverb

nun

1. (Rome, Tuscany, central Italy, southern Italy) alternative form of non

Jebero

Noun

nun

1. canoe

Judeo-Tat

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Persian LHMA

Classical Persian نَان (nān)

Judeo-Tat nun

Inherited from Classical Persian نَان (nān), from Middle Persian LHMA.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nun/

Noun

nun

1. bread

References

• Нафталиев, М. Н. (2015), “nun”, in Е. М. Назарова, editor, Еврейско (джуури)-русский словарь [Juhuri–Russian Dictionary]‎^[4], Moscow: СТМЭГИ, page 362
• Агарунов, Я.; Агарунов, М. (2010), Большой словарь языка горских евреев джуури [Large Dictionary of the Juhuri Language of Mountain Jews]‎^[5] (in Russian), Baku: Абилов, Зейналов и сыновья, page 190

Ligurian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nōn. Doublet of non.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nũ/
• Hyphenation: nun

Adverb

nun

1. (Monaco) not, don't, haven't

   Synonym: (rare) pa

   nun so ― I don't know

   Qü ma nun fà, ma nun pensa. ― He who does no harm thinks no harm.

Related terms

conjunctions

• se nun

Particle

nun

1. alternative form of non

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian noi, from Latin nos.

Pronoun

nun

1. we

Lower Tanana

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *naˑn.

Root

nun

1. to drink

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Durative	nunh	nun'	nuɬ	nun'
Momentaneous	nuyh	nunh	nuɬ	—
Customary	nuyh	nuyh	nuyh	nuyh

Derived terms

• ch'edenunhde (“bar”)
• ch'enodenuyh (“he/she customarily gets drunk”)
• ch'enunh (“drinking”)
• edenunh, yedenunh (“he/she is drinking it”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 337

Mandarin

Romanization

nun

1. nonstandard spelling of nún
2. nonstandard spelling of nùn

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mirandese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnũ/ [ˈnũŋ] (Central)
• IPA^(key): /ˈnũ/ [ˈnɨw̃ŋ] (Sendinese)
• Rhymes: -ũ
• Syllabification: nun

Etymology 1

From an (“in”) +‎ un (“a”, masculine singular indefinite article).

Contraction

nun m pl (plural nuns, feminine nũa, feminine plural nũas)

1. in a, in some

Etymology 2

Adverb

nun

1. alternative form of nó (“no, not”)

Usage notes

Used before verb forms, as English not.

References

• Moisés, Pires (2004), “nun”, in Pequeno vocabulário Mirandês-Português [Small Mirandese-Portuguese Vocabulary], 2nd edition, Miranda do Douro: Câmara Municipal de Miranda do Douro, published 2019, →ISBN, page 364.

Old French

Etymology 1

See nom.

Noun

nun oblique singular, m (oblique plural nuns, nominative singular nuns, nominative plural nun)

1. (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of nom

Etymology 2

Reduced form of negun.

Adjective

nun m (feminine nune)

1. alternative form of negun

Pronoun

nun

1. alternative form of negun

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• (Arabic) نٌ, نُنۡ
• (Bengali) নুন
• (Myanmar) နုန်
• (Hanifi) 𐴕𐴟𐴕 (nun)

Etymology

Compare Bengali নুন (nun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nun]

Noun

nun

1. salt

Synonyms

• nomok

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nana-der.?

Late Latin nonnus

Romanian nun

Inherited from Late Latin nonnus.

Noun

nun m (plural nuni, feminine equivalent nună)

1. the godfather at a wedding

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	nun	nunul	nuni	nunii
genitive-dative	nun	nunului	nuni	nunilor
vocative	nunule		nunilor

Derived terms

• naș

See also

• nuntă

Sarawak Malay

Etymology

Related to Proto-Austronesian *(na-)nu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nun/

Determiner

nun

1. distant (far from the speaker) determiner

   Antonym: tok

   Rami urang sik suka ompuan nun.

   A lot of people don't like that woman (over there).

Derived terms

• sinun (yonder)

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• non, unn, 'un, nn'

Etymology

From Latin nōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nun/, [nun], [un], [n]

Adverb

nun

1. not

Sumerian

Romanization

nun

1. romanization of 𒉣 (nun)

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian نان (nân).

Noun

nun

1. bread

Tat

Etymology

Akin to Persian نان (nân, “bread”), see there for more.

Noun

nun

1. bread

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic نُون (nūn)

Ottoman Turkish نون (nûn)

Turkish nun

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نون (nûn), from Arabic نُون (nūn).

Noun

nun

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ن
   • Previous: م
   • Next: و

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُون (nūn).

Noun

nun

1. the Arabic letter ن

Declension

Declension of nun

	singular	plural
nominative	nun	nunlar
genitive	nunning	nunlarning
dative	nunga	nunlarga
definite accusative	nunni	nunlarni
locative	nunda	nunlarda
ablative	nundan	nunlardan
similative	nundek	nunlardek

Possessive forms of nun

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	nunim	nunlarim
genitive	nunimning	nunlarimning
dative	nunimga	nunlarimga
definite accusative	nunimni	nunlarimni
locative	nunimda	nunlarimda
ablative	nunimdan	nunlarimdan
similative	nunimdek	nunlarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	nuning	nunlaring
genitive	nuningning	nunlaringning
dative	nuningga	nunlaringga
definite accusative	nuningni	nunlaringni
locative	nuningda	nunlaringda
ablative	nuningdan	nunlaringdan
similative	nuningdek	nunlaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	nuni	nunlari
genitive	nunining	nunlarining
dative	nuniga	nunlariga
definite accusative	nunini	nunlarini
locative	nunida	nunlarida
ablative	nunidan	nunlaridan
similative	nunidek	nunlaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	nunimiz	nunlarimiz
genitive	nunimizning	nunlarimizning
dative	nunimizga	nunlarimizga
definite accusative	nunimizni	nunlarimizni
locative	nunimizda	nunlarimizda
ablative	nunimizdan	nunlarimizdan
similative	nunimizdek	nunlarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	nuningiz	nunlaringiz
genitive	nuningizning	nunlaringizning
dative	nuningizga	nunlaringizga
definite accusative	nuningizni	nunlaringizni
locative	nuningizda	nunlaringizda
ablative	nuningizdan	nunlaringizdan
similative	nuningizdek	nunlaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	nuni	nunlari
genitive	nunining	nunlarining
dative	nuniga	nunlariga
definite accusative	nunini	nunlarini
locative	nunida	nunlarida
ablative	nunidan	nunlaridan
similative	nunidek	nunlaridek

Volapük

Noun

nun (genitive nuna, plural nuns)

1. message
   • 1946, “Nuns”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:

     Ko lied gretik egetobs nuni, das vomül: ‚Maria Willebrand’ in ‚Warendorf’ e söl: ‚Ing. Paul Tarnow’ in ‚Düsseldorf-Oberkassel’ edeadons sekü krigaduns.

     With great regret we have received the news that Miss Maria Willebrand of Warendorf and Mr. ing. Paul Tarnow of Düsseldorf-Oberkassel have died as a result of war action.

Declension

Declension of nun

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nun	nuns
Genitive	nuna	nunas
Dative	nune	nunes
Accusative	nuni	nunis
Predicative1	nunu	nunus
Vocative	o nun	o nuns

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

West Masela

Noun

nun

1. name

References

• Charles E. Grimes, Owen Edwards, The Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia and Timor Leste (2026), page 227

Wolof

Alternative forms

• ñun (used alongside "nun" in Urban Wolof)

Pronoun

nun

1. we (first-person plural subject pronoun)

See also

Wolof personal pronouns

	singular		plural
	subject	object	subject	object
1st person	man	ma	nun	nu
2nd person	yow	la	yeen	leen
3rd person	moom	ko	ñoom	leen

Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnun]
• Hyphenation: nun

Noun

nun m

1. alternative form of nan