When a word with tanwīn is followed by hamzat al-waṣl, that connecting hamzah is dropped during liaison. The audible sākin nūn of tanwīn then meets another sākin: the ghayr-ḥaddih situation.
For this junction the tanwīn nūn receives kasrah, even though no separate nūn is ordinarily written. The next examples let you identify this adjustment by ear.
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Tanwīn followed by hamzat al-waṣl
Meeting of Two Sākin Letters — ʿAlā Ḥaddih, Ghayr Ḥaddih and Tanwīn
When a word with tanwīn is followed by hamzat al-waṣl, that connecting hamzah is dropped during liaison. The audible sākin nūn of tanwīn then meets another sākin: the ghayr-ḥaddih situation.
For this junction the tanwīn nūn receives kasrah, even though no separate nūn is ordinarily written. The next examples let you identify this adjustment by ear.