الغُنَّة The Rule of Ghunnah
The letter ن and م are known as ‘ghunnah’ letters, nasal sounds. Ghunnah is defined as a nasal sound that comes from the nose.
Whenever the letter noon and meem have shaddah on them, they are held for a period of 2 counts with ghunnah.
نّ مّ
نّ مّ
Try and say the following words
أُمِّ
أَمَّ
إِنَّ
أَنَّ
If you hold your nose closed you will not be able to produce the ghunnah sound
Make sure to test yourself by doing the Ghunnah Quiz below.
Ka.aN-NaKa
.iN-NaL-LaTheeNa
JaHaN-NaMa
DhaaHiKaM-Min
.a'-YuNiN-NaaS
'aB-DaM-MiN
MiNaN-NaaR
WaN-NaaS
JiN-NaH
FaLaM-Maa
THuM-Ma
Bay-YiNaTuM-Min
MiM-MaSaD
MiN-HuM-MuQ-TaSiD
NaF-SuM-MaaThaa
MiNaL-JiN-NaTi WaN-NaaS
Ka.aN-NaKa
.iN-NaL-LaTheeNa
JaHaN-NaMa
DhaaHiKaM-Min
.a'-YuNiN-NaaS
'aB-DaM-MiN
MiNaN-NaaR
WaN-NaaS
JiN-NaH
FaLaM-Maa
THuM-Ma
Bay-YiNaTuM-Min
MiM-MaSaD
MiN-HuM-MuQ-TaSiD
NaF-SuM-MaaThaa
JaHaN-NaMa