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], ٯ‎ [U+066F ARABIC LETTER DOTLESS QAF], and ڡ‎ [U+06A1 ARABIC LETTER DOTLESS FEH]

ق U+0642, ق ARABIC LETTER QAF ← ف [U+0641] Arabic ك → [U+0643]

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]

Arabic

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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 (ṣ) and followed by ر‎ (r).

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا‎ (ā), ب‎ (b), ت‎ (t), ث‎ (ṯ), ج‎ (j), ح‎ (ḥ), خ‎ (ḵ), د‎ (d), ذ‎ (ḏ), ر‎ (r), ز‎ (z), س‎ (s), ش‎ (š), ص‎ (ṣ), ض‎ (ḍ), ط‎ (ṭ), ظ‎ (ẓ), ع‎ (ʿ), غ‎ (ḡ), ف‎ (f), ق (q), ك‎ (k), ل‎ (l), م‎ (m), ن‎ (n), ه‎ (h), و‎ (w), ي‎ (y)
• ڧ‎ (q) (Moroccan qāf with single dot)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: ق

Proper noun

ق • (qāf) ?

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

Etymology 2

Verb

قِ • (qi) (form I)

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

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Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (gāf or qāf)

1. 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 rendered as [ˈqaːf], but in Hejazi the letter denotes the phoneme /g/, while [q] is an allophone used in words and phrases borrowed or influenced by Modern Standard Arabic.

Forms

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

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Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق (q)

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

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ف‎ (f)
• Next letter: ک‎ (k)

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Kazakh

Cyrillic	Қ, қ (Q, q)
Arabic	ق

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (q)

1. 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

See also

• Previous letter: ف‎
• Next letter: ك‎

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Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق (qāf)

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

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ف‎
• Next letter: ڨ‎

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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) حروف‎; ا‎,‎ ب‎,‎ ت‎,‎ 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]

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Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (qâf)

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

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ف‎
• Next letter: ک‎

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Persian

Pronunciation

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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.

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Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق (qāf)

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

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ڦ‎
• Next letter: ڪ‎

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Urdu

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (qāf)

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

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ف‎
• Next letter: ک‎

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Uyghur

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (qe)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ف‎ (f)
• Next letter: ك‎ (k)