ف

See also: ڢ, ق, ڨ, ڧ, ڤ, and ڥ

ف	U+0641, ف ARABIC LETTER FEH

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Arabic

ق →

ﻑ	U+FED1, ﻑ ARABIC LETTER FEH ISOLATED FORM

← ﻐ

Arabic Presentation Forms-B

ﻒ →

ﻒ	U+FED2, ﻒ ARABIC LETTER FEH FINAL FORM

← ﻑ

Arabic Presentation Forms-B

ﻓ →

ﻓ	U+FED3, ﻓ ARABIC LETTER FEH INITIAL FORM

← ﻒ

Arabic Presentation Forms-B

ﻔ →

ﻔ	U+FED4, ﻔ ARABIC LETTER FEH MEDIAL FORM

← ﻓ

Arabic Presentation Forms-B

ﻕ →

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^(key): /faːʔ/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /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 مَّحْسُورًا
  wa-lā tajʕal yadaka maḡlūlatan ʔilā ʕunuqika wa-lā tabsuṭhā kulla l-basṭi fa-taqʕuda malūman mmaḥsūran
  (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)

second-person masculine singular active imperative of وَفَى (wafā)

Balti

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʰ/,

Letter

ف (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʰ/,

Letter

ف (ph)

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

فُ (phu)

fire
Synonym: لم (lam)

References

Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “phu”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) (in Burushaski), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017: “(in Latin script)”.

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From the Ottoman Turkish convention.

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /fe/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

ف • (fe)

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /feː/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /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

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ف
Cyrillic	Ф, ф
Latin	F, f
Yañalif	F, f

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /fa/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /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

Khowar

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /fe/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /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

Malay

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Pronunciation

(Name of letter) IPA^(key):
(Phoneme) IPA^(key):
(Phoneme, obsolete) IPA^(key): ,

Letter

ف / ف‍ / ‍ف‍ / ‍ف

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

Pashto

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /fe/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

ف • (fe)

The thirtieth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

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

Persian

Pronunciation

Audio (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.

Sindhi

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /fe/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /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

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فَ (fa).

Conjunction

فـ • (fa-)

then, so, hence, thus
Synonym: إذا (ʔiḏan)

Urdu

Pronunciation

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

Uyghur

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /fe/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

ف • (fe)

The sixteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

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

Yoruba

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /fi/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /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

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