ق

See also: ف [U+0641 ARABIC LETTER FEH], ڢ [U+06A2 ARABIC LETTER FEH WITH DOT MOVED BELOW], ڨ [U+06A8 ARABIC LETTER QAF WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE], ڧ [U+06A7 ARABIC LETTER QAF WITH DOT ABOVE], ڤ [U+06A4 ARABIC LETTER VEH], ڥ [U+06A5 ARABIC LETTER FEH WITH THREE DOTS BELOW], ٯ [U+066F ARABIC LETTER DOTLESS QAF], ڡ [U+06A1 ARABIC LETTER DOTLESS FEH], and [U+08BC ARABIC LETTER AFRICAN QAF]

ق U+0642, ق
ARABIC LETTER QAF
ف
[U+0641]
Arabic ك
[U+0643]
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ق ـق ـقـ قـ
U+FED5, ﻕ
ARABIC LETTER QAF ISOLATED FORM

[U+FED4]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FED6]
U+FED6, ﻖ
ARABIC LETTER QAF FINAL FORM

[U+FED5]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FED7]
U+FED7, ﻗ
ARABIC LETTER QAF INITIAL FORM

[U+FED6]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FED8]
U+FED8, ﻘ
ARABIC LETTER QAF MEDIAL FORM

[U+FED7]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FED9]

Acehnese

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): /qaf/, [kaf], [kah], [kaih]
  • (Phoneme) IPA(key): /q/, [k], [ʔ]

Letter

ق (qaf or kah)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Acehnese alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

Arabic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /qaːf/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /q/
  • (Main dialectal variations): IPA(key): /ʔ/, /q/, /ɡ/
  • (Other dialectal variations): IPA(key): /k/, /ɢ/, /d͡z/, /d͡ʒ/, /ɣ/

Etymology 1

From the Nabataean letter 𐢏 (q, qoph), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤒 (q, qop), from an uncertain Egyptian hieroglyph (𓃻?). See also Classical Syriac ܩ (q, qūp), Hebrew ק (q, qūph), Ancient Greek Ϙ (Q, qoppa), Latin Q.

Letter

ق / ق‍ / ‍ق‍ / ‍ق • (qāf) (no case)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ف (f) and followed by ك (k).

Symbol

ق / ق‍ / ‍ق‍ / ‍ق • (qāf)

  1. The nineteenth numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by ص () and followed by ر (r).
See also

Proper noun

ق • (qāf?

  1. The 50th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Etymology 2

Verb

قِ • (qi) (form I) /qi/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of وَقَى (waqā)

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɡɑf/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɡ/

Letter

ق (q) (no case)

  1. A letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ف and followed by ک.

Balti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /q/, [q]

Letter

ق (transliteration needed) (no case)

  1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Burushaski

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /q/, [q]

Letter

ق (q) (no case)

  1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): [qaːf]
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɡ/
  • (allophones): IPA(key): [ɡ], [q]

Letter

ق • (gāf) (no case)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Hijazi Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ف (fāʔ) and followed by ك (kāf).

Usage notes

The letter’s name is mostly rendered as [qaːf], but it is mostly pronounced and represents the phoneme /g/, except in words and phrases borrowed or influenced by Modern Standard Arabic where it is pronounced [q].

See also

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /qaːf/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /q/

Letter

ق • (q) (no case)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ف and followed by ک.

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ق
Cyrillic Қ, қ
Latin Q, q

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /qaf/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /q/

Letter

ق • (q) (no case, Cyrillic equivalent Қ or қ)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ف and followed by ك.

See also

Khowar

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /qaf/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /q/

Letter

ق (qāf) (no case)

  1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Khowar alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ف and followed by ڨ.

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [qaf]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [q], [k]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [k̚]

Letter

ق / ق‍ / ‍ق‍ / ‍ق (no case)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

Old Ruthenian

Letter

ق • (k) (no case)[1]

  1. (Middle Belarusian Arabica) A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

References

  1. ^ Antonovich (1968), page 192: “ق

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /qɑf/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /q/

Letter

ق • (qâf) (no case)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ف and followed by ک.

Persian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /q/
    Audio (Iran):(file)
  • (letter name)
    (Dari) IPA(key): /qɑːf/
    (Iran) IPA(key): /qɒːf/

Letter

ق / قـ / ـقـ / ‍ـق • (qâf) (no case)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Persian alphabet, called قاف and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ف and followed by ک.

Usage notes

In Tehran, Iranian Azerbaijan, and some surrounding areas, this letter may be pronounced as /ɢ/. Outside of those regions the letter is almost always pronounced as /q/.

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /qäːf/, /käːf/, /käːpʰ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /q/, /k/

Letter

ق • (qāf) (no case)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by ف (fe) and followed by ک (kāf).

Sindhi

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /qaf/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /q/

Letter

ق • (qāf) (no case)

  1. The thirty-ninth letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڦ and followed by ڪ.

See also

Urdu

Pronunciation

Letter

ق • (qāf) (no case)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Urdu alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ف and followed by ک.

Uyghur

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /qe/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /q/

Letter

ق • (qe) (no case)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ف and followed by ك.