Etymology

nunation

nun·a·tion
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Today it means: In Standard Arabic, The use of a suffix ("-n") signifying a lack of syntactical definiteness of the noun or adjective. Full definition →

Arabic تَنْوِين
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  1. Arabic · calque ofتَنْوِين
  2. English todaynunation

From nun (“Semitic letter”) + -ation, after Arabic تَنْوِين (tanwīn), verbal noun of نَوَّنَ (nawwana, literally “to nunate, nunify”), derived from the letter name نُون (nūn).

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