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], ڡ [U+06A1 ARABIC LETTER DOTLESS FEH], and ࢼ [U+08BC ARABIC LETTER AFRICAN QAF]

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

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Qoph

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

ڧ (q)
ࢼ

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /qaːf/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /q/
(Main dialectal variations): IPA^(key): /ʔ/, /q/, /ɡ/
(Other dialectal variations): IPA^(key): /k/, /ɢ/, /d͡z/, /d͡ʒ/, /ɣ/

Etymology 1

From the Nabataean letter 𐢏 (q, “qoph”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤒 (q, “qop”), from an uncertain Egyptian hieroglyph (𓃻?). See also Classical Syriac ܩ (q, “qūp”), Hebrew ק (q, “qūph”), Ancient Greek Φ (Ph), Latin Q.

Letter

ق / ق‍ / ‍ق‍ / ‍ق • (qāf)

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)

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).

Proper noun

ق • (qāf) ?

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

Etymology 2

Verb

قِ • (qi) (form I) /qi/

second-person masculine singular imperative of وَقَى (waqā)

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ɡɑf/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɡ/

Letter

ق (q)

A consonant of the Azerbaijani language used in the Arabic orthography.

Forms

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

Balti

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /q/, [q]

Letter

ق (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /q/, [q]

Letter

ق (q)

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

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (gāf)

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 [qaːf], but it 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 form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ق	ـق	ـقـ	قـ

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (q)

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

Forms

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

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ق
Cyrillic	Қ, қ
Latin	Q, q
Yañalif	Q, q

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (q)

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

Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق (qāf)

The thirty-fifth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

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

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

ق

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

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

Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (qâf)

The thirty-first letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

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

Persian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /q/
Audio (Iran): (file)
(letter name)
(Dari) IPA^(key): /qɑːf/

(Iran) IPA^(key): /qɒːf/

Letter

ق / قـ / ـقـ / ‍ـق • (qâf)

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/.

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Gurmukhi letter: ਕ਼ (qa)

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /qäːf/, /käːf/, /käːpʰ/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /q/, /k/

Letter

ق • (qāf)

The twenty-seventh letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

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

Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (qāf)

The thirty-ninth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

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

Urdu

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (qāf)

The twenty-seventh letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

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

Uyghur

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ق • (qe)

The seventeenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

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