ق

See also: ف, ڢ, ڨ, ڧ, and ڤ

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

Arabic

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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

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

Etymology 2

Verb

قِ • ‎(qi) ‎(form I)

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

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Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق / ق‍ / ‍ق‍ / ‍ق ‎(gāf)

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

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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

Wikipedia ^ms

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

• Audio

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Letter

ﻕ / ﻗ / ﻘ / ‍ﻖ • ‎(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

Alternative Forms

• क़ ‎(qa)

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)