ف

See also: ڢ, ق, ڨ, ڧ, ڤ, and ڥ

ف U+0641, ف ARABIC LETTER FEH ← ـ [U+0640] Arabic ق → [U+0642]

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ف	ـف	ـفـ	فـ

ﻑ U+FED1, ﻑ ARABIC LETTER FEH ISOLATED FORM ← ﻐ [U+FED0] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻒ → [U+FED2]

ﻒ U+FED2, ﻒ ARABIC LETTER FEH FINAL FORM ← ﻑ [U+FED1] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻓ → [U+FED3]

ﻓ U+FED3, ﻓ ARABIC LETTER FEH INITIAL FORM ← ﻒ [U+FED2] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻔ → [U+FED4]

ﻔ U+FED4, ﻔ ARABIC LETTER FEH MEDIAL FORM ← ﻓ [U+FED3] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻕ → [U+FED5]

Translingual

Letter

ف

1. Arabic letter fe

Acehnese

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): /fa/, [pʰa]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/, [pʰ]

Letter

ف (fa)

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

See also

• Arabic script letters: حرف (haraih, harah) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, 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]

Arabic

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From the Nabataean letter 𐢘 (p, “pē”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤐 (p, “pē”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂋. See also Classical Syriac ܦ (p, “pē”), Hebrew פ (p, “pe”), Ancient Greek Π (P), Latin P.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /faːʔ/

  Audio:

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• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

ف / ف‍ / ‍ف‍ / ‍ف • (fāʔ)

1. The twentieth letter of the Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by غ (ḡ) and followed by ق (q).

Symbol

ف / ف‍ / ‍ف‍ / ‍ف • (fāʔ)

1. The seventeenth numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; 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. yet, however, now, that said, as it happens (introduces the second term in a syllogism)
   • 801-873, Al-Kindi, رسالة إلى المعتصم بالله في الفلسفة الأولى:

     لِأَنَّ كُلَّ مَا لَهُ أَنَيَّةٌ لَهُ حَقِيقَةٌ، فَٱلْحَقُّ ٱضْطِرَارًا مَوْجُودٌ إِذَنِ ٱلْأَنَيَّاتُ مَوْجُودَةٌ

     liʔanna kulla mā lahu ʔanayyatun lahu ḥaqīqatun, fal-ḥaqqu ḍṭirāran mawjūdun ʔiḏani l-ʔanayyātu mawjūdatun

     For everything that has ipseity has a truth [in it], however [we know] the truth necessarily exists. Thus ipseities surely exist.

5. because, for
6. (with a subjunctive) so that

   لَا تَدْنُ مِنَ الْأَسَدِ فَيَأْكُلَكَ.

   lā tadnu mina l-ʔasadi fayaʔkulaka.

   Do not approach the lion lest he eat you.

   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.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:29:

     وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًا مَّحْسُورًا

     wa-lā tajʕal yadaka maḡlūlatan ʔilā ʕunuqika wa-lā tabsuṭhā kulla l-basṭi fa-taqʕuda malūman maḥsūran

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• فَ (fa) indicates that the second action follows directly after the first action, whereas ثُمَّ (ṯumma) indicates that there is a certain period of time between the two actions.

Noun

ف? • (transliteration needed) m

1. abbreviation of فَاكْس (fāks)

Verb

فِ • (fi) (form I) /fi/

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

See also

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]
• ڢ (f) (Maghrebi fā’ with dot below)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with ف

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰ/, [pʰ~f]

Letter

ف (f)

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

Burushaski

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰ/, [pʰ~pf~f]

Letter

ف (ph)

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰu]

Noun

فُ (phu)

1. fire

   Synonym: لم (lam)

References

• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2026), “phu”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology 1

• From Arabic ف (f). The letter's name comes from Ottoman Turkish فه (fe) or a Learned borrowing from Arabic فَاء (fāʔ)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /fe/, /faːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

ف • (f)

1. The twentieth letter of the Egyptian Arabic alphabet, called فه or فاء and written in the Arabic script.

Usage notes

ڤ (ve, fe bi-talat nuʔaṭ) is a variant of ف (fe) that is sometimes used to write foreign names and loanwords with the phoneme IPA^(key): /v/. It can be written and pronounced as a ف (ve) instead.

See also

• ڤ (fe be-talat noʔaṭ)
• Arabic script letters: حروف (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]

Etymology 2

Inherited from Arabic فِي (fī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi(ː)/

Preposition

فـ • (fi-)

1. alternative form of في (fī)

Inflection

Inflection of ف

base form			ف (fi)
Personal-pronoun including forms
	singular		plural
	m	f
1st person	فيا (fiyya)		فينا (fīna)
2nd person	فيك (fīk)	فيكي (fīki)	فيكوا (fīku)
3rd person	فيه (fīh)	فيها (fīha)	فيهم (fīhum)

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ف • (f)

1. The thirty-first letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by غ and followed by ق.

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	ف
Cyrillic	Ф, ф
Latin	F, f

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ف • (f) (Cyrillic equivalent Ф or ф)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ع (ğ) and followed by ق (q).

See also

• Arabic script letters: әріптер (äripter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي ^[edit]

Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ف (fe)

1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Khowar alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڠ and followed by ق.

Malay

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ف / ف‍ / ‍ف‍ / ‍ف

1. The twenty-second letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
2. (archaic or Thailand) alternative form of ڤ.

See also

• Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, 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]

Old Ruthenian

Letter

ف • (f) (Middle Belarusian Arabica)

1. A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, د, ࢮ, ر, ز, ژ, ش, ࢯ, ص, ض, ط, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي (خ, ذ, ڛ, س, ظ, ع, ء) ^[edit]

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ف (f).

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈfɛː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

ف / فـ / ـفـ / ـف • (fe)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet, called فه (fe) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by غ and followed by ق.

See also

• Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, و, ه, ی, ء ^[edit]

Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /fe/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/
• (phoneme): (Dialect) IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

ف • (fe)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by غ and followed by ق.

Persian

Pronunciation

• Audio (Iran):

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Letter

ف / ف‍ / ‍ف‍ / ‍ف • (fe)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Persian alphabet, called فه or فِ and written in the Arabic script; preceded by غ and followed by ق.

Punjabi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ف • (fe) (Gurmukhi equivalent ਫ਼ or ਫ)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by غ (ġain) and followed by ق (qāf).

Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /feː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

ف • (fe) (Devanagari equivalent फ़ or फ, Khudabadi equivalent 𑋓𑋩 or 𑋓)

1. The thirty-sixth letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by غ (ġ) and followed by ڦ (ph).

See also

• Arabic script letters: اَکَرَ (akhara) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي ^[edit]

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic فَ (fa).

Conjunction

فـ • (fa-)

1. then, so, hence, thus

   Synonym: إذا (ʔizan)

See also

• لكان (lakān, “so, then, in that case”)

Urdu

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ف • (fe) (Devanagari equivalent फ़ or फ)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Urdu alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by غ and followed by ق.

Uyghur

Alternative forms

• ڧ (preferred form in printed texts, rarely used digitally)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ف • (fe)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by غ (gh) and followed by ق (q).

Usage notes

Preferred form of the letter ف (f) in Uyghur

In Uyghur, this letter takes the shape of ق (q) with a single dot, that is, ڧ (U+06A7 ARABIC LETTER QAF WITH DOT ABOVE). In practice, most digitized text in Uyghur uses ف (U+0641 ARABIC LETTER FEH), and fonts for Uyghur map the shape of ڧ to the codepoint of ف (f).

Yoruba

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ف (transliteration needed) (Latin equivalent F or f)

1. The sixth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by عَِ and followed by غ.