ف

Letter

ف

1. Arabic letter fe

Alternative forms

• ڢ‎ (f) (African form; dotted when final)
• ࢻ‎ (African form; undotted when final)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /faːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA: /f/

Letter

ف / ف‍ / ‍ف‍ / ‍ف‎ • (fāʾ)

1. The twentieth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by غ‎ (ḡ) and followed by ق‎ (q).

Symbol

ف / ف‍ / ‍ف‍ / ‍ف‎ • (fāʾ)

1. The seventeenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ع‎ (ʕ) and followed by ص‎ (ṣ).

Conjunction

فَـ • (fa-)

1. then, and then
   • ‏يَوْمًا فَيَوْمًا‎ ― yawman fa-yawman ― day after day
   • ‏شَيْئًا فَشَيْئًا‎ ― šayʔan fa-šayʔan ― step by step
2. and so, thus, hence, therefore
3. but then, then however
4. because, for
5. (with a subjunctive) so that
   • ‏لَا تَكُنْ رَطْبًا فَتُعْصَرَ وَلَا يَابِسًا فَتُكْسَرَ.‎‎

     • lā takun raṭban fa-tuʕṣara wa-lā yābisan fa-tuksara.
     • Do not be so soft that they squeeze you, nor so hard that they break you.

Noun

ف • (f) m

1. Abbreviation of فَاكْس‎ (fāks).

Verb

فِ • (fi) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of وَفَى‎ (wafā)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pʰ/, [pʰ~f]

Letter

ف (f)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pʰ/, [pʰ~pf~f]

Letter

ف (ph)

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /fe/
• (phoneme): IPA: /f/

Letter

ف • (fe)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /feː/
• (phoneme): IPA: /f/, /pʰ/

Letter

ف • (f)

1. The thirty-first letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /fa/
• (phoneme): IPA: /f/

Letter

ف • (f)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ф.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /fe/
• (phoneme): IPA: /f/

Letter

ف (fe)

1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA: [fɐ]
• (Phoneme) IPA: [f]
• (Phoneme, obsolete) IPA: [f], [p]

Letter

ف / ف‍ / ‍ف‍ / ‍ف‎

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /fe/
• (phoneme): IPA: /f/

Letter

ف • (fe)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Letter

ف / ف‍ / ‍ف‍ / ‍ف‎ • (fe)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by غ‎ and followed by ق‎. Its name is فه‎ or فِ‎.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /fe/
• (phoneme): IPA: /f/

Letter

ف (fe)

1. The thirty-seventh letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Conjunction

فـ • (fa-)

1. then, so, hence, thus
   • Synonym: إذا‎ (ʾiḏan)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /feː/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /f/

Letter

ف • (fe)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /fe/
• (phoneme): IPA: /f/

Letter

ف • (fe)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /fi/
• (phoneme): IPA: /f/

Letter

ف (f)

1. The sixth letter of the Yorùbá alphabet in the Ajami Script.