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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق / ق‍ / ‍ق‍ / ‍ق (qāf)

  1. 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)

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

Proper noun

ق (qāf) ?

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

Verb

قِ (qi) (form I)

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

ق - Balti

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /q/, [q]

Letter

ق (q)

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

ق - Burushaski

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /q/, [q]

Letter

ق (q)

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

ق - Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق or ق (gāf or qāf)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ف (fāʔ) 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 formFinal formMedial formInitial form
قـقـقـقـ

ق - Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق (q)

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

Forms

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قـقـقـقـ

ق - Kazakh

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق (q)

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

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
قـقـقـقـ

ق - Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق (qāf)

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

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
قـقـقـقـ

ق - Malay

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق / ق‍ / ‍ق‍ / ‍ق

  1. 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)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
قـقـقـقـ

ق - Persian

Pronunciation

  • Letter name:
    • (Dari) IPA: /qɑːf/
    • (Iranian Persian) IPA: /qɒːf/

Letter

ق / قـ / ـقـ / ‍ـق (qâf)

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

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/.

ق - Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق (qāf)

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

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
قـقـقـقـ

ق - Urdu

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /qɑːf/
  • (Deccani) IPA: /xɑːf/
  • (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /q/
  • (Deccani) IPA: /x/

Letter

ق (qāf)

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

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
قـقـقـقـ

ق - Uyghur

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق (qe)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
قـقـقـقـ
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