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ق
Qaf
قَاف
ʾ · deep "q" (glottal in Lebanese)
Moon letter
How it is written
قIsolated
قـInitial
ـقـMedial
ـقFinal
Arabic letters change shape depending on where they sit in a word.
How it sounds
Lebanese · Syrian · Palestinianʾ
Jordanianq
For how pronunciation shifts by region, see the dialect guide
With the definite article
الـ + ق ← الـق
When الـ comes before this letter, the L stays clearly pronounced and the article is unchanged.
Writing practice
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