Ng (Arabic letter)

Ng
ڭݣ
Usage
Writing systemArabic script
TypeAbjad
Language of originUyghur, Ottoman Turkish, Tatar
Sound values[ŋ]
In UnicodeU+0763, U+06AD
History
Development
          • ک ك
            • ڭݣ
Sisters
Other
Writing directionRight-to-left

Ngāf or Ṅāf (ݣ‎ or ڭ‎) is an additional letter of the Arabic script, derived from kāf (ك ک‎) with the addition of three dots above the letter. The letter was used in Ottoman Turkish to represent a velar /ŋ/ and is still used for /ŋ/ when writing Turkic languages.

Position in word: Isolated Final Medial Initial
Naskh glyph form:
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ݣ ـݣ ـݣـ ݣـ
Nastaʿlīq glyph form: ݣ ــــݣ ــــݣــــ ݣــــ
Position in word: Isolated Final Medial Initial
Naskh glyph form:
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ڭ ـڭ ـڭـ ڭـ
Nastaʿlīq glyph form: ڭ ــــڭ ــــڭــــ ڭــــ