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 ࢼ [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

ﻕ U+FED5, ﻕ ARABIC LETTER QAF ISOLATED FORM ← ﻔ [U+FED4] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻖ → [U+FED6]

ﻖ U+FED6, ﻖ ARABIC LETTER QAF FINAL FORM ← ﻕ [U+FED5] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻗ → [U+FED7]

ﻗ U+FED7, ﻗ ARABIC LETTER QAF INITIAL FORM ← ﻖ [U+FED6] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻘ → [U+FED8]

ﻘ U+FED8, ﻘ ARABIC LETTER QAF MEDIAL FORM ← ﻗ [U+FED7] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻙ → [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 script letters: حرف (haraih, harah) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ ^[edit]

Arabic

Alternative forms

• ڧ (q)
• ࢼ

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)

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 (ṣ) and followed by ر (r).

See also

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]
• ڧ (q) (Moroccan qāf with single dot)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with ق

Proper noun

ق • (qāf) ?

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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)

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)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /q/, [q]

Letter

ق (q)

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

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

• From Arabic ق (q). The letter's name comes from Ottoman Turkish قاف (kaf) or a Learned borrowing from Arabic قَاف (qāf)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /qaːf/
• (phoneme): (inherited) IPA^(key): /ʔ/, /ɡ/
• (phoneme): (Learned borrowing) IPA^(key): /q/

Letter

ق • (ʔ, g, q)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Egyptian Arabic alphabet, called قاف and written in the Arabic script.

Usage notes

The letter is pronounced as IPA^(key): /ʔ/, /ɡ/ for inherited terms and as IPA^(key): /q/ for learned borrowings from modern standard Arabic.

See also

• Arabic script letters: حروف (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (gāf)

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

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, هـ, و, ي ^[edit]

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (q)

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) (Cyrillic equivalent Қ or қ)

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

See also

• Arabic script letters: әріптер (äripter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي ^[edit]

Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق (qāf)

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

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

See also

• Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ ^[edit]

Old Ruthenian

Letter

ق • (k) (Middle Belarusian Arabica)

1. A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, د, ࢮ, ر, ز, ژ, ش, ࢯ, ص, ض, ط, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي (خ, ذ, ڛ, س, ظ, ع, ء) ^[edit]

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ق (q).

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈkɑf/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

ق / قـ / ـقـ / ‍ـق • (kaf)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet, called قاف (kaf) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ف and followed by ك.

See also

• Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, و, ه, ی, ء ^[edit]

Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (qâf)

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/

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• (letter name)

  (Dari) IPA^(key): /qɑːf/

  (Iran) IPA^(key): /qɒːf/

Letter

ق / قـ / ـقـ / ‍ـق • (qâf)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (qāf) (Gurmukhi equivalent ਕ਼ or ਕ)

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

Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /qaːf/, /kaːf/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/, (formal) /q/

Letter

ق • (qāf) (Devanagari equivalent क़ or क, Khudabadi equivalent 𑊺𑋩 or 𑊺)

1. The thirty-eighth letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڦ (ph) and followed by ڪ (k).

See also

• Arabic script letters: اَکَرَ (akhara) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي ^[edit]

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɑːf/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /q/

Letter

ق • (qāf) (Devanagari equivalent क़ or क)

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)

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