ق

Etymology 1
From the Nabataean letter, derived from the letter , from an uncertain  hieroglyph (?). See also, , ,.

Letter

 * 1) The twenty-first letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by  and followed by.

Symbol

 * 1) The nineteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by  and followed by.

Proper noun

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

Letter

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

Letter

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

Letter

 * 1) The twenty-first letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by  and followed by.

Usage notes
The letter’s name is mostly rendered as [qaːf], but it's mostly pronounced and represents the phoneme /g/, except in words and phrases borrowed or influenced by Modern Standard Arabic where it is pronounced [q].

Letter

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

Letter

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

Letter

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

Letter

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

Letter

 * 1) The twenty-fourth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ف and followed by ک. Its name is.

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/.

Letter

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

Letter

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

Letter

 * 1) The seventeenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.