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 U+0642, ق
ARABIC LETTER QAF
ف
[U+0641]
Arabic ك
[U+0643]
U+FED5, ﻕ
ARABIC LETTER QAF ISOLATED FORM

[U+FED4]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FED6]
U+FED6, ﻖ
ARABIC LETTER QAF FINAL FORM

[U+FED5]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FED7]
U+FED7, ﻗ
ARABIC LETTER QAF INITIAL FORM

[U+FED6]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FED8]
U+FED8, ﻘ
ARABIC LETTER QAF MEDIAL FORM

[U+FED7]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FED9]

ArabicEdit

 
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Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

LetterEdit

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).

SymbolEdit

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).
See alsoEdit

Proper nounEdit

ق (qāf?

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

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

قِ (qi) (form I)

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

BaltiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

ق (q)

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

BurushaskiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

ق (q)

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

Hijazi ArabicEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

ق or 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 notesEdit

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].

FormsEdit

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

KashmiriEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

ق (q)

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

FormsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

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

KazakhEdit

Cyrillic Қ, қ (Q, q)
Arabic ق
Latin

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

ق (q)

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

FormsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

KhowarEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

ق (qāf)

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

FormsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: ف
  • Next letter: ڨ

MalayEdit

 
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ق
Wikipedia ms

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

ق / ق‍ / ‍ق‍ / ‍ق

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

See alsoEdit

PashtoEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

ق (qâf)

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

FormsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: ف
  • Next letter: ک

PersianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

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 notesEdit

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/.

SindhiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

ق (qāf)

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

FormsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: ڦ
  • Next letter: ڪ

UrduEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

ق (qāf)

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

FormsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: ف
  • Next letter: ک

UyghurEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

ق (qe)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

FormsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

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