ف

Letter

ف

1. Arabic letter fe

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)

1. The twentieth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by غ (ḡ) and followed by ق (q).

Symbol

ف / ف‍ / ‍ف‍ / ‍ف • (fāʔ)

1. 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-)

1. then, and then

   يَوْمًا فَيَوْمًا ― yawman fa-yawman ― day after day

   شَيْئًا فَشَيْئًا ― šayʔan fa-šayʔan ― step by step

2. and so, thus, hence, therefore
3. but then, then however
4. because, for
5. (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 maḥsūran

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

ف • (f) m

1. Abbreviation of فَاكْس (fāks).

Verb

فِ • (fi) (form I) /fi/

1. 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 ^[edit]
• ڢ (f) (Maghrebi fā’ with dot below)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with ف

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰ/, [pʰ~f]

Letter

ف (f)

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

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

References

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

Etymology

From the Ottoman Turkish convention.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ف • (fe)

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Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /feː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/, /pʰ/

Letter

ف • (f)

1. The thirty-first letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ف • (f)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ф.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ف (fe)

1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [fɐ]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [f]
• (Phoneme, obsolete) IPA^(key): [f], [p]

Letter

ف / ف‍ / ‍ف‍ / ‍ف

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ف • (fe)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Pronunciation

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Letter

ف / ف‍ / ‍ف‍ / ‍ف • (fe)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by غ and followed by ق. Its name is فه or فِ.

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhi letter: ਫ਼ (fa)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /feː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/, /pʰ/

Letter

ف • (fe)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ف • (fe)

1. The thirty-seventh letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Etymology

From Arabic فَ (fa).

Conjunction

فـ • (fa-)

1. then, so, hence, thus

   Synonym: إذا (ʔiḏan)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ف • (fe)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ف • (fe)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ف (f)

1. The sixth letter of the Yorùbá alphabet in the Ajami Script.