# ق

| ق | U+0642, &#1602; ARABIC LETTER QAF |
| ← ف [U+0641] | Arabic | ك → [U+0643] |
| ﻕ | U+FED5, &#65237; ARABIC LETTER QAF ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﻔ [U+FED4] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻖ → [U+FED6] |
| ﻖ | U+FED6, &#65238; ARABIC LETTER QAF FINAL FORM |
| ← ﻕ [U+FED5] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻗ → [U+FED7] |
| ﻗ | U+FED7, &#65239; ARABIC LETTER QAF INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﻖ [U+FED6] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻘ → [U+FED8] |
| ﻘ | U+FED8, &#65240; ARABIC LETTER QAF MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﻗ [U+FED7] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻙ → [U+FED9] |

## Arabic
### Alternative forms

* ڧ (q)
* ࢼ

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /qaːf/
* (phoneme): IPA: /q/
* (Main dialectal variations): IPA: /ʔ/, /q/, /ɡ/
* (Other dialectal variations): IPA: /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).

##### 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
* ڧ (q) (Moroccan qāf with single dot)
* Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
* Search for entries beginning with ق

#### 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: /ɡɑf/
* (phoneme): IPA: /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 |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ف
* Next letter: ک

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /q/, [q]

### Letter

ق (transliteration needed)
* The thirty-fourth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: [qaːf]
* (phoneme): IPA: /ɡ/
* (allophones): IPA: [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 |

#### See also

* Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (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, هـ, و, ي

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /qaːf/
* (phoneme): IPA: /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 |

#### See also

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

## Kazakh

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

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /qaf/
* (phoneme): IPA: /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 |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ف
* Next letter: ك
* 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: /qaf/
* (phoneme): IPA: /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 |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ف
* Next letter: ڨ

## Malay
### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ق / ق‍ / ‍ق‍ / ‍ق
* The twenty-fourth 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: /qɑf/
* (phoneme): IPA: /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 |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ف
* Next letter: ک

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /q/
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* (letter name)
    (Dari) IPA: /qɑːf/
    (Iran) IPA: /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: /qäːf/, /käːf/, /käːpʰ/
* (phoneme): IPA: /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 |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ف (fe)
* Next letter: ک (kāf)

## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /qaf/
* (phoneme): IPA: /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 |

#### 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: ڦ
* Next letter: ڪ

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /qɑːf/
* (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /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 |

#### See also

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

## Uyghur
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /qe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /q/

### Letter

ق • (qe)
* 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)