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], and ڡ‎ [U+06A1 ARABIC LETTER DOTLESS FEH]

ق - Arabic

Alternative forms

ڧ‎ (q)
ࢼ‎

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA: /qaːf/
(phoneme): IPA: /q/
(Main dialectal variations): IPA: /ʔ/, /q/, /ɡ/

Letter

ق / ق‍ / ‍ق‍ / ‍ق‎ • (qāf)

The twenty-first letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ف‎ (f) and followed by ك‎ (k).

Symbol

ق / ق‍ / ‍ق‍ / ‍ق‎ • (qāf)

The nineteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ص‎ (ṣ) and followed by ر‎ (r).

Proper noun

ق • (qāf) ?

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

Verb

قِ • (qi) (form I)

second-person masculine singular active imperative of وَقَى‎ (waqā)

ق - Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA: /ˈɡaːf/, [ˈqaːf]
(phoneme): IPA: /ɡ/
(allophones): IPA: [ɡ], [q]

Letter

ق • (gāf or qāf)

The twenty-first letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ف‎ (fāʾ) and followed by ك‎ (kāf).

Usage notes

The letter’s name is mostly rendered as [ˈqaːf], but in Hejazi the letter 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].

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ق	ـق	ـقـ	قـ

ق - Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (q)

The thirty-second letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ق	ـق	ـقـ	قـ

ق - Kazakh

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (q)

The fifteenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Қ.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ق	ـق	ـقـ	قـ

ق - Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق (qāf)

The thirty-fifth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ق	ـق	ـقـ	قـ

ق - Malay

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق / ق‍ / ‍ق‍ / ‍ق‎

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

ق - Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (qâf)

The thirty-first letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ق	ـق	ـقـ	قـ

ق - Persian

Letter

ق / قـ / ـقـ / ‍ـق • (qâf)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ف‎ and followed by ک‎. Its name is قاف‎.

ق - Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق (qāf)

The thirty-ninth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ق	ـق	ـقـ	قـ

ق - Urdu

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (qāf)

The twenty-seventh letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ق	ـق	ـقـ	قـ

ق - Uyghur

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (qe)

The seventeenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ق	ـق	ـقـ	قـ