# ف

| ف | U+0641, &#1601; ARABIC LETTER FEH |
| ← ـ [U+0640] | Arabic | ق → [U+0642] |
| ﻑ | U+FED1, &#65233; ARABIC LETTER FEH ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﻐ [U+FED0] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻒ → [U+FED2] |
| ﻒ | U+FED2, &#65234; ARABIC LETTER FEH FINAL FORM |
| ← ﻑ [U+FED1] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻓ → [U+FED3] |
| ﻓ | U+FED3, &#65235; ARABIC LETTER FEH INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﻒ [U+FED2] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻔ → [U+FED4] |
| ﻔ | U+FED4, &#65236; ARABIC LETTER FEH MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﻓ [U+FED3] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻕ → [U+FED5] |

## Translingual
### Letter

ف
* Arabic letter fe

## 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: /faːʔ/
* (phoneme): IPA: /f/

### Letter

ف / ف‍ / ‍ف‍ / ‍ف • (fāʔ)
* The twentieth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by غ (ḡ) and followed by ق (q).

### Symbol

ف / ف‍ / ‍ف‍ / ‍ف • (fāʔ)
* The seventeenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ع (ʕ) and followed by ص (ṣ).

### Conjunction

فَـ • (fa-)
* then, and then
    يَوْمًا فَيَوْمًا ― yawman fa-yawman ― day after day
    شَيْئًا فَشَيْئًا ― šayʔan fa-šayʔan ― step by step
* and so, thus, hence, therefore
* but then, then however
* because, for
* (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 مَّحْسُورًاwa-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 • (f) m
* Abbreviation of فَاكْس (fāks).

### Verb

فِ • (fi) (form I) /fi/
* 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
* ڢ (f) (Maghrebi fā’ with dot below)
* Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
* Search for entries beginning with ف

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʰ/, [pʰ~f]

### Letter

ف (f)
* The thirty-third letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Burushaski
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʰ/, [pʰ~pf~f]

#### Letter

ف (ph)
* The thirty-third letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pʰu]

#### Noun

فُ (phu)
* fire
    Synonym: لم (lam)

### References

* Bechtholdt, Astrid (2025) “phu”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From the Ottoman Turkish convention.

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /fe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /f/

### Letter

ف • (fe)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### See also

ڤ (fe be-talat noʔaṭ)

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /feː/
* (phoneme): IPA: /f/, /pʰ/

### Letter

ف • (f)
* The thirty-first letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

#### Forms

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

#### See also

* Previous letter: غ (ġ)
* Next letter: ق (q)

## Kazakh
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /fa/
* (phoneme): IPA: /f/

### Letter

ف • (f)
* The fourteenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ф.

#### Forms

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

#### See also

* Previous letter: ع
* Next letter: ق
* Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (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

## Khowar
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /fe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /f/

### Letter

ف (fe)
* The thirty-fourth letter of the Khowar abjad.

#### Forms

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

#### See also

* Previous letter: ڠ
* Next letter: ق

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Name of letter) IPA: [fɐ]
* (Phoneme) IPA: [f]
* (Phoneme, obsolete) IPA: [f], [p]

### Letter

ف / ف‍ / ‍ف‍ / ‍ف
* The twenty-second letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

#### 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

## Pashto
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /fe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /f/
* (phoneme): (Dialect) IPA: /p/

### Letter

ف • (fe)
* The thirtieth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

#### Forms

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

#### See also

* Previous letter: غ
* Next letter: ق

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Letter

ف / ف‍ / ‍ف‍ / ‍ف • (fe)
* The twenty-third letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by غ and followed by ق. Its name is فه or فِ.

## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* Gurmukhi letter: ਫ਼ (fa)

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /feː/
* (phoneme): IPA: /f/, /pʰ/

### Letter

ف • (fe)
* The twenty-sixth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

#### Forms

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

#### See also

* Previous letter: غ (ġain)
* Next letter: ق (qāf)

## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /fe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /f/

### Letter

ف • (fe)
* The thirty-seventh letter of the Sindhi abjad.

#### Forms

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

#### See also

* Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (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, ڙھ, 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
* Previous letter: غ
* Next letter: ڦ

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic فَ (fa).

### Conjunction

فـ • (fa-)
* then, so, hence, thus
    Synonym: إذا (ʔiḏan)

#### See also

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

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /feː/
* (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /f/

### Letter

ف • (fe)
* The twenty-sixth letter of the Urdu abjad.

#### Forms

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

#### See also

* Previous letter: غ (ġ)
* Next letter: ق (q)

## Uyghur
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /fe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /f/

### Letter

ف • (fe)
* The sixteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

#### Forms

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

#### See also

* Previous letter: غ (gh)
* Next letter: ق (q)

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /fi/
* (phoneme): IPA: /f/

### Letter

ف (f)
* The sixth letter of the Yorùbá alphabet in the Ajami Script.

#### Forms

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

#### See also

* Previous letter: عَِ
* Next letter: غ