How many 5-letter words can be formed if no letter is allowed to be used than once in any word and if the letter Q must always be followed by the letter U?

In English, the letter Q is usually followed by the letter U, but there are some exceptions. The majority of these are anglicised from Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Inuktitut, or other languages that do not use the English alphabet, with Q representing a sound not found in English. For example, in the Chinese pinyin alphabet, qi is pronounced /tʃi/ (similar to "chi" in English) by an English speaker, as pinyin uses "q" to represent the sound [tɕʰ], which is approximated as [tʃ] (ch) in English. In other examples, Q represents [q] in standard Arabic, such as in qat, faqir and Qur'ān. In Arabic, the letter ق, traditionally romanised as Q, is quite distinct from ك, traditionally romanised as K; for example, قلب /qalb/ means "heart" but كلب /kalb/ means "dog". However, alternative spellings are sometimes accepted, which use K (or sometimes C) in place of Q; for example, Koran (Qur'ān) and Cairo (al-Qāhira).

QWERTY, one of the few native English words with Q not followed by U, is derived from the first six letters of a standard keyboard layout.

A souq in Marrakech, Morocco. Like 32 of the 72 other English words that use a q not followed by a u, souq is of Arabic origin.

Of the 82 words in this list, 78 are (or can be) interpreted as nouns, and most would generally be considered loanwords;[1] the only modern-English words that contain Q not followed by U and are not borrowed from another language are freq, qiana, QWERTY, and tranq. However, all of the loanwords on this list are considered to be naturalised in English according to at least one major dictionary (see References), often because they refer to concepts or societal roles that do not have an accurate equivalent in English. For words to appear here, they must appear in their own entry in a dictionary; words that occur only as part of a longer phrase are not included.

Proper nouns are not included in the list. There are, in addition, many place names and personal names, mostly originating from Arabic-speaking countries, Albania, or China, that have a Q without a U. The most familiar of these are the countries of Iraq and Qatar, along with the derived words Iraqi and Qatari. Iqaluit, the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, also has a Q that is not directly followed by a U. Qaqortoq,[2] in Greenland, is notable for having three such Qs. Other proper names and acronyms that have attained the status of English words include Compaq (a computer company),[3] Nasdaq (a US electronic stock market),[4] Qantas (an Australian airline),[5] and QinetiQ (a British technology company).[6][7] Saqqara (an ancient burial ground in Egypt)[8] is a proper noun notable for its use of a double Q.

Unless noted otherwise, all words listed here are assumed to be pluralized by adding -s or -es. References in the "Sources" column relate to the headword in column one; variant spellings are then separately referenced. The sources given are selective, and the absence of a reference to a particular dictionary does not necessarily mean that the word does not appear in that dictionary.

In American and Canadian English, there are currently 4,422 words with Q and no U including the following words in the table below.

Word	Meaning	Sources	Other forms	Etymology
bianqing	An ancient Chinese percussion instrument	[MW]		Chinese: 編磬
buqsha	A former Yemeni monetary unit	[L]	Also written bogache	Arabic
burqa	A veiled garment worn by some Muslim women	[ODE][LC][C][AHC][OED]	Also written burka, burkha, or burqua	Urdu and Persian burqa, from Arabic burqu`
cinq	The number five, as signified in dice or cards	[ODE][COD][OED]		French cinq 'five'
cinqfoil	A plant of the genus Potentilla, or an ornamental design thereof	[SOED][OED]	Much more commonly written cinquefoil	Middle English, from Latin quinquefolium, from quinque 'five' + folium 'leaf'
coq	A trimming of cock feathers on a woman's hat	[WI]		French coq 'cockerel'
faqih	An Islamic jurisprudent	[RHW]	Plural faqihs or fuqaha [RHU]	Arabic فَقِيه
faqir	A Muslim ascetic	[L]	More commonly written fakir	Arabic فَقِير 'poverty-stricken'
fiqh	Muslim jurisprudence	[ODE]		Arabic فِقْه 'understanding'
freq	Frequency			Abbreviation of frequency
inqilab	A revolution in India or Pakistan	[C]		Arabic إِنْقِلَاب
mbaqanga	A style of South African music	[ODE][C][W]		Zulu umbaqanga 'steamed maize bread'
miqra	The Tanakh, or Hebrew text of the Bible	[WI]		Hebrew מקרא
muqaddam	A Bangladeshi or Punjabi headman	[C]		Arabic مُقَدَّم
nastaliq	An Arabic script used in Persian writings	[OED]	Also written nasta'liq [C], nestaliq [OED], nastaleeq, or shortened to just taliq [OED]	Persian نستعليق, from naskh + ta`liq
niqab	A veil for the lower-face worn by some Muslim women	[ODE]	Also written niqaab	From Arabic نِقَاب
pontacq	A sweet wine from Pontacq (France)	[OED]		French
q	Q or q, the 17th letter of the modern English alphabet	[MW]
qabab	A dish consisting of pieces of seasoned meat	[OED]	More commonly written kebab, kebap, kebob, kibob, kebhav, kephav, kebabie, or kabob	Persian کباب
qabalah	A form of Jewish mysticism	[C][AHC][WI]	More commonly written Kabbalah, and also written Qabala [AHC], Qabbala [WI], Cabalah etc. Derived words include qabalism, qabalist, and qabalistic.	Hebrew קַבָּלָה
qadarite	A member of the Qadariyah	[RHU]
qadariyah	In Islam, adherents of the doctrine of free will	[RHU]	Also written Qadariya [RHU]
qaddish	In Judaism, a prayer of mourning	[C]	More commonly written Kaddish	Hebrew קדיש
qadi	A Muslim judge	[L][C][W][OED][AOX]	Also written qadhi [OED], qaadi, kadi, kazi qaadee or qazi [OED]	Arabic قَاضِى
qadiriyah	In Islam, a Sufi order	[RHU]	Also written Qadiriya [RHU]	Arabic القَادِرِيَّة
qaf	ق‎, the twenty-first letter of the Arabic alphabet	[RHW]	Also written qaph or qap	Arabic قَاف
qaid	A Muslim tribal chief	[RHW]	Also written caid or kaid	Arabic قَائِد, 'leader', 'commander'
qaimaqam	A minor official of the Ottoman Empire	[C][OED]	Also written kaymakam, kaimakam, caimacam, or qaim makam	From Arabic قَائِم 'standing' + مَقَام 'place', meaning 'standing in place'
qalamdan	A Persian writing-case	[C]		Persian قلمدان
qalandar	A member of an order of mendicant dervishes	[RHU]	Also written calender, or capitalised
qanat	A type of water-supply tunnel found in north Africa and the Middle East	[ODE][C][OED][AOX]	Also written kanat, khanat, kunut, kona, konait, ghanat, or ghundat	Persian, from Arabic qanāt 'channel'
qanun	A type of harp	[OED]	Also written qanon or kanun [OED]	Arabic قَانُون, rule, principle or mode
qasida	An Arabian poem of praise or satire	[C][OED][AOX]	Also written qasidah	Arabic قَصِيدَة
qat	A kind of Arabian shrub used as a narcotic	[L][C][OED]	More commonly written khat, kat or gat	Arabic qāt
qawwal	A person who practices qawwali music	[ODE][C][AOX]
qawwali	Devotional music of the Sufis	[ODE][C][AOX]		Arabic قوَّالِي (qawwāli) 'loquacious' or 'singer'
Q.E.D.	Used at the end of a proof	[Co]		Abbreviation of Latin quod erat demonstrandum
qere	A marginal reading in the Hebrew Bible	[OED][WI]	Also written qeri [WI] or qre [WI]	Aramaic קְרֵי, '[what is] read'
qhat	An obsolete spelling of what	[OED]		Likely of Scots origin, in which an older spelling convention used "quh-" or "qh-" where English had "wh-".[9]
qheche	An obsolete spelling of which	[OED]
qhom	An obsolete spelling of whom	[OED]
qhythsontyd	An obsolete spelling of Whitsuntide (the day of Pentecost)	[OED]
qi	In Chinese culture, a physical life force	[ODE][C][AHC][OED]	Commonly written chi or ki	simplified Chinese: 气; traditional Chinese: 氣
qiana	A type of nylon	[OED]		Originally a trademark of DuPont, now generic
qibla	The point to which Muslims turn in prayer	[ODE][COD][C][OED][AOX]	Also written qiblah [OED], kiblah, qiblih, kibla or qib'lah [RHU], sometimes capitalised	17th-century Arabic for 'the opposite'
qibli	A local Libyan name for the sirocco, a southeasterly Mediterranean wind	[OED]	Also written ghibli	Arabic قِبلي, "coming from the qibla
qid	Four times a day	[MW]		Latin quater in die
qigong	A Chinese system of medical exercises	[ODE][C][AOX]	Also written chi gong, ki gong, or chi kung	simplified Chinese: 气功; traditional Chinese: 氣功
qin	A classification of Chinese musical instruments	[AOX]		Chinese: 琴
qinah	A Hebrew elegy	[WI]	Also written kinah; plural qinot, qinoth and qindarkë	Hebrew קינה
qindar	An Albanian unit of currency, equal to one one-hundredth of a lek	[ODE][L][C]	Plural qindarka [L] or qindars [C]. Also written qintar [L][C][AOX] or quintal	Albanian
qing	A Chinese chime	[MW]	Also written as: ch'ing	Chinese: 磬
qinghaosu	A drug, artemisinin, used to treat malaria	[C]		Chinese: 青蒿素
qingsongite	A rare mineral found in China.		Plural qingsongites	named after Qingsong Fang
qinter	An Albanian money system	[OED]		Albanian
qipao	A traditional Chinese dress	[OED]	Also written chi pao	Chinese: 旗袍
qiran	A currency of Iran between 1825 and 1932	[MW]	Also written as: kran	Persian qrān
qirsh	A monetary unit of Saudi Arabia and, formerly, various other countries	[RHU]	Also written qurush, qursh, gursh, girsh or ghirsh
qiviut	The wool of the musk-ox	[OED]		Inuktitut ᕿᕕᐅᖅ
qiyas	An analogy in Sharia, Islamic law	[RHW]		Arabic قِيَاس
qoph	The nineteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet	[L][C]	Also written koph	Hebrew קוף
qorma	A type of curry	[Co]	Much more commonly written korma	Persian→Urdu قورمه
q.s.	as much as is sufficient	[MW]		Latin quantum sufficit or quantum satis
QWERTY	A standard English keyboard layout	[ODE][COD][LC][C][AOX][OED]	Plural qwertys or qwerties; also rendered QWERTY	Named after the first letters on the top row of the QWERTY keyboard layout.
Qyrghyz	people of Kyrgyzstan	[MW]	More commonly spelled Kyrgyz.
rencq	An obsolete spelling of rank	[OED]
sambuq	A type of dhow, a small Arabian boat	[OED]		Arabic سَنْبُوك
sheqel	A unit of weight originally used in Mesopotamia. The currency of Israel, divided into 100 agorot	[MW]	Plural sheqels or sheqalim; more commonly written shekel	Hebrew שקל, Yiddish ניי-שקל
souq	An Arab marketplace	[ODE][C][OED][AOX]	Also written sooq, soq, suq, souk, esouk, or suk	Arabic سُوق (sūq)
talaq	A form of Islamic divorce	[ODE][C][OED]		Arabic طَلَاق (talāq), from talaqa 'repudiate'
taluq	An Indian estate	[OED]	Also written taluk or talook	Arabic→Urdu تَعَلُّقَة (ta'alluqa) 'connection', 'relationship'
taluqdar	A person who collects the revenues of a taluq	[OED]	Also written talukdar or talookdar	Arabic→Urdu تعلقدار (ta'alluq-dar) 'landholder', 'possessor of an estate', 'lord of a manor'
taluqdari	An Indian landholding tenure	[OED]
taqiya	Concealing faith in Islam due to fear of persecution	[RHW]	Also written taqiyah [RHU], or capitalised	Arabic التَقِيَّة
taqlid	Acceptance of Muslim orthodoxy	[RHW]		Arabic تَقْلِيد
tariqa	A Sufi method of spiritual development, or a Sufi missionary	[E][AOX]	Also written tariqat [E] or tarika	Arabic طَرِيق
tranq	Tranquilizer (sedative)	[OED]	Also written trank [OED]	Apocopation from tranquilizer
tsaddiq	In Judaism, a title for a righteous person	[C][OED]	Plural tsaddiqs or tsaddiqim; also written tzaddiq [C], tzadik or tzaddik	Hebrew צדיק
umiaq	An open Inuit boat	[OSPD4]	Also spelled umiak, umialak, umiac, oomiac or oomiak
waqf	A charitable trust in Islamic law	[ODE][C][OED]	Also written wakf; plural waqf [ODE][C][OED] or waqfs [C][OED]	Arabic, literally 'stoppage' from waqafa, 'come to a standstill'
yaqona	A Fijian intoxicating beverage, kava	[C][OED]		Fijian yaqona, in which q represents [ŋɡ]

In many word games, notably in Scrabble, a player must build a word using a certain set of letters. If a player is obliged to use a q but does not have a u, it may be possible to play words from this list. Not all words in this list are acceptable in Scrabble tournament games. Scrabble tournaments around the world use their own sets of words from selected dictionaries that may not contain all the words listed here.

Qi is the most commonly played word in Scrabble tournaments,[10] and was added to the official North American word list in 2006.[11]

Other words listed in this article, such as suq, umiaq or qiviut, are also acceptable, but since these contain a u, they are less likely to be useful in the situation described.[12]

[AH]: The American Heritage Dictionary (4 ed.). Dell. 2001. ISBN 0-440-23701-7.
[AHC]: American Heritage College Dictionary (4 ed.). Houghton Mifflin. 2007. ISBN 978-0-618-83595-9.
[AOX]: "Ask Oxford". Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
[C]: The Chambers Dictionary (9 ed.). Chambers. 2003. ISBN 0-550-10105-5.
[Co]: Collins English Dictionary (3 ed.). HarperCollins. 1994. ISBN 0-00-470678-1.
[COD]: Concise Oxford Dictionary (8 ed.). Clarendon. 1990. ISBN 0-19-861200-1.
[E]: "Microsoft Encarta online dictionary". Archived from the original on November 2, 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2006.
[L]: The Longman Dictionary of the English Language (5 ed.). Longman. 1988. ISBN 0-582-55511-6.
[LC]: The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (4 ed.). Longman. 2003. ISBN 0-582-77649-X.
[MW]: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11 ed.). Merriam-Webster. 2003. ISBN 0-87779-809-5.
[MWO]: "Merriam-Webster online dictionary". Retrieved May 29, 2006.
[ODE]: Oxford Dictionary of English (2 ed.). Oxford UP. 2003. ISBN 0-19-861347-4.
[OED]: Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford UP. 2003. ISBN 0-19-861347-4.
[OSPD4]: The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (4 ed.). Merriam-Webster. 2005. ISBN 0-87779-929-6.
[RHU]: Random House Unabridged Dictionary (2 ed.). Random House. 1998. ISBN 0-517-19931-9.
[RHW]: Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2 ed.). Random House. 2005. ISBN 0-375-42599-3.
[SOED]: The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles (3 ed.). Clarendon. 1992. ISBN 0-19-861294-X.
[TWL]: Official Tournament and Club Word List (2 ed.). Merriam-Webster. 2006. ISBN 0-87779-635-1.
[W]: Random House Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Random House Reference. 2000. ISBN 0-375-42560-8.
[WI]: Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster. 2002. ISBN 0-87779-201-1.

Constrained writing
English words without vowels

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^ Lynn Kauer. "Qaqortoq". Retrieved April 6, 2011.
^ "Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Agree to Merge, Creating $87 Billion Global Technology Leader" (Press release). Hewlett-Packard. September 3, 2001. Retrieved October 4, 2008.
^ Michael J. De la Merced (February 18, 2011). "Nasdaq and ICE Hold Talks Over Potential N.Y.S.E. Bid". Dealbook. The New York Times. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
^ "Qantas frequent flyers get microchip cards, heralding new era in faster travel". The Independent. UK. November 13, 2009. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
^ Andrew Buncombe (October 25, 2006). "Former CIA Chief Joins the Board of QinetiQ". The Independent. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
^ Mulla Sadra Shirazi (2010). Divine Manifestations: Concerning the Secrets of the Perfecting Sciences. ICAS Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-904063-35-3.
^ Toby A. H. Wilkinson (2001). Early Dynastic Egypt: Strategies, Society and Security. Routledge. p. 259. ISBN 0-415-26011-6.
^ Robinson, Philip (1997). Ulster-Scots: A Grammar of the Traditional Written and Spoken Language. The Ullans Press. Archived from the original on 2004-03-14.
^ Playing the 'Q'. Huub Luyk. Sun.Star Baguio. October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 19, 2010. Archived March 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Scrabble players adjust as official dictionary adds ' za, 'qi ' and 3,300 others." Vargia Linn. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 9, 2006. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
^ Words with a Q not followed by a U fArchived 2010-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Australian Scrabble Players Association. May 8, 2007. Retrieved October 18, 2010.

For an extended list of English words containing Q not followed by U, see the English words containing Q not followed by U category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Eckler, A. Ross (1976). "Must You Join the Queue?". Word Ways. 9 (2): 113–115. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
Quinion, Michael (2003). "Q followed by U". World Wide Words. Archived from the original on October 7, 2010. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
Quinion, Michael (2009). Why is Q Always Followed by U? Word-perfect Answers to the Most-asked Questions about Language. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-1-84614-184-3. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
Scrabble Word Lists Q without U – Parker Brothers, attributed to: Joe Edley; John D. Williams, Jr. (2009). "Chapter 6: Your Fourth-Grade Teacher, Mrs. Kleinfelder, Lied to you: You Can Have Words with a Q and No U". Everything Scrabble: Third Edition. pp. 56–58. ISBN 978-1-4165-6175-0.

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==Words== <onlyinclude> Unless noted otherwise, all words listed here are assumed to be pluralized by adding ''-s'' or ''-es''. References in the "Sources" column relate to the headword in column one; variant spellings are then separately referenced. The sources given are selective, and the absence of a reference to a particular dictionary does not necessarily mean that the word does not appear in that dictionary. 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|Abbreviation of ''frequency'' |- valign="top" |inqilab |A revolution in [[India]] or [[Pakistan]] |[C] | |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|إِنْقِلَاب}} |- valign="top" |[[mbaqanga]] |A style of [[South Africa]]n music |[ODE][C][W] | |[[Zulu language|Zulu]] {{lang|zu|umbaqanga}} 'steamed maize bread' |- valign="top" |[[Tanakh|miqra]] |The Tanakh, or Hebrew text of the Bible |[WI] | |[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] {{lang|he|מקרא}} |- valign="top" |[[muqaddam]] |A [[Bangladesh]]i or Punjabi headman |[C] | |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|مُقَدَّم}} |- valign="top" |[[Nasta'liq script|nastaliq]] |An [[Arabic script]] used in [[Persian language|Persian]] writings |[OED] |Also written ''nasta'liq'' [C], ''nestaliq'' [OED], ''nastaleeq'', or shortened to just ''taliq'' [OED] |[[Persian language|Persian]] {{Nastaliq|نستعليق}}, from {{transl|fa|naskh}} + {{transl|fa|ta`liq}} |- valign="top" |[[niqab]] |A veil for the lower-face worn by some [[Muslim]] women |[ODE] |Also written ''niqaab'' |From [[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|نِقَاب}} |- valign="top" |pontacq |A sweet wine from [[Pontacq]] (France) |[OED] | |[[French language|French]] |- |[[q]] |''Q'' or ''q'', the 17th letter of the modern English alphabet |[MW] | | |- valign="top" |[[kebab|qabab]] |A dish consisting of pieces of seasoned meat |[OED] |More commonly written ''kebab'', ''kebap'', ''kebob'', ''kibob'', ''kebhav'', ''kephav'', ''kebabie'', or ''kabob'' |[[Persian language|Persian]] {{lang|fa|کباب}} |- valign="top" |[[Kabbalah|qabalah]] |A form of Jewish mysticism |[C][AHC][WI] |More commonly written ''Kabbalah'', and also written ''Qabala'' [AHC], ''Qabbala'' [WI], ''Cabalah'' etc. Derived words include ''qabalism'', ''qabalist'', and ''qabalistic''. |[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] {{lang|he|קַבָּלָה}} |- valign="top" |[[qadarite]] |A member of the Qadariyah |[RHU] | | |- valign="top" |[[qadariyah]] |In Islam, adherents of the doctrine of free will |[RHU] |Also written ''Qadariya'' [RHU] | |- valign="top" |[[Kaddish|qaddish]] |In Judaism, a prayer of mourning |[C] |More commonly written ''Kaddish'' |[[Hebrew]] {{lang|he|קדיש}} |- valign="top" |[[qadi]] |A [[Muslim]] judge |[L][C][W][OED][AOX] |Also written ''qadhi'' [OED], ''qaadi'', ''kadi'', ''kazi'' ''qaadee'' or ''qazi'' [OED] |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|قَاضِى}} |- valign="top" |[[qadiriyah]] |In Islam, a Sufi order |[RHU] |Also written ''Qadiriya'' [RHU] |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|القَادِرِيَّة}} |- valign="top" |[[Qāf|qaf]] |{{Script/Arabic|ق}}, the twenty-first letter of the [[Arabic alphabet]] |[RHW] |Also written ''qaph'' or ''qap'' |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|قَاف}} |- valign="top" |[[wikt:caid|qaid]] |A [[Muslim]] tribal chief |[RHW] |Also written ''caid'' or ''kaid'' |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|قَائِد}}, 'leader', 'commander' |- valign="top" |[[qaimaqam]] |A minor official of the [[Ottoman Empire]] |[C][OED] |Also written ''kaymakam'', ''kaimakam'', ''caimacam'', or ''qaim makam'' |From [[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|قَائِم}} 'standing' + {{lang|ar|مَقَام}} 'place', meaning 'standing in place' |- valign="top" |[[wikt:qalamdan|qalamdan]] |A [[Persian language|Persian]] writing-case |[C] | | [[Persian language|Persian]] {{lang|fa|قلمدان}} |- valign="top" |[[Qalandar (disambiguation)|qalandar]] |A member of an order of mendicant [[dervish]]es |[RHU] |Also written ''calender'', or capitalised | |- valign="top" |[[qanat]] |A type of water-supply tunnel found in north Africa and the Middle East |[ODE][C][OED][AOX] |Also written ''kanat'', ''khanat'', ''kunut'', ''kona'', ''konait'', ''ghanat'', or ''ghundat'' |[[Persian language|Persian]], from [[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{transl|ar|qanāt}} 'channel' |- valign="top" |[[Kanun (instrument)|qanun]] |A type of [[harp]] |[OED] |Also written ''qanon'' or ''kanun'' [OED] |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|قَانُون}}, rule, principle or mode |- valign="top" |[[qasida]] |An Arabian poem of praise or satire |[C][OED][AOX] |Also written ''qasidah'' |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|قَصِيدَة}} |- valign="top" |[[khat|qat]] |A kind of Arabian [[shrub]] used as a [[narcotic]] |[L][C][OED] |More commonly written ''khat'', ''kat'' or ''gat'' |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{transl|ar|qāt}} |- valign="top" |[[qawwal]] |A person who practices qawwali music |[ODE][C][AOX] | | |- valign="top" |[[qawwali]] |Devotional music of the Sufis |[ODE][C][AOX] | |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|قوَّالِي}} ({{transl|ar|qawwāli}}) 'loquacious' or 'singer' |- |[[Q.E.D.]] |Used at the end of a proof |[Co] | |Abbreviation of [[Latin]] {{lang|la|quod erat demonstrandum}} |- valign="top" |[[qere]] |A marginal reading in the [[Hebrew Bible]] |[OED][WI] |Also written ''qeri'' [WI] or ''qre'' [WI] |[[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] {{lang|he|קְרֵי}}, '[what is] read' |- valign="top" |qhat |An obsolete spelling of ''[[wikt:what|what]]'' |[OED] | |rowspan="4" |Likely of [[Scots language|Scots]] origin, in which an older spelling convention used "quh-" or "qh-" where English had "wh-".<ref>{{cite book |title=Ulster-Scots: A Grammar of the Traditional Written and Spoken Language |first=Philip |last=Robinson |publisher=The Ullans Press |date=1997 |url=http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/oldscotsspellingsinulsterscots.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040314144126/http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/oldscotsspellingsinulsterscots.asp |archive-date=2004-03-14 }}</ref> |- valign="top" |qheche |An obsolete spelling of ''[[wikt:which|which]]'' |[OED] | |- valign="top" |qhom |An obsolete spelling of ''[[who (pronoun)|whom]]'' |[OED] | |- valign="top" |[[qhythsontyd]] |An obsolete spelling of ''Whitsuntide'' (the day of [[Pentecost]]) |[OED] | |- valign="top" |[[qi]] |In [[culture of China|Chinese culture]], a physical life force |[ODE][C][AHC][OED] |Commonly written ''chi'' or ''ki'' |{{zh|s=气|t=氣}} |- valign="top" |[[qiana]] |A type of [[nylon]] |[OED] | |Originally a trademark of [[DuPont]], now generic |- valign="top" |[[qibla]] |The point to which [[Muslim]]s turn in prayer |[ODE][COD][C][OED][AOX] |Also written ''qiblah'' [OED], ''kiblah'', ''qiblih'', ''kibla'' or ''qib'lah'' [RHU], sometimes capitalised |17th-century [[Arabic language|Arabic]] for 'the opposite' |- valign="top" |[[qibli]] |A local Libyan name for the [[sirocco]], a southeasterly Mediterranean wind |[OED] |Also written ''[[Sirocco|ghibli]]'' |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|قِبلي}}, "coming from the [[qibla]] |- |qid |Four times a day |[MW] | |[[Latin]] ''quater in die'' |- valign="top" |[[qigong]] |A Chinese system of medical exercises |[ODE][C][AOX] |Also written ''chi gong'', ''ki gong'', or ''chi kung'' |{{zh|s=气功|t=氣功}} |- valign="top" |[[Guqin|qin]] |A classification of Chinese musical instruments |[AOX] | |{{zh|t=琴}} |- valign="top" |[[Kinah|qinah]] |A [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] [[elegy]] |[WI] |Also written ''kinah''; plural ''qinot'', ''qinoth and qindarkë'' |[[Hebrew]] {{lang|ar|קינה}} |- valign="top" |[[Qindarka|qindar]] |An [[Albania]]n unit of currency, equal to one one-hundredth of a [[Albanian lek|lek]] |[ODE][L][C] |Plural ''qindarka'' [L] or ''qindars'' [C]. Also written ''qintar'' [L][C][AOX] or ''quintal'' |[[Albanian language|Albanian]] |- |[[Sounding stone|qing]] |A Chinese chime |[MW] |Also written as: ch'ing |{{zh|t=磬}} |- valign="top" |[[qinghaosu]] |A drug, [[artemisinin]], used to treat malaria |[C] | |{{zh|t=青蒿素}} |- |[[qingsongite]] |A rare mineral found in [[China]]. | |Plural ''qingsongites'' |named after Qingsong Fang |- valign="top" |qinter |An [[Albanian language|Albanian]] money system |[OED] | |[[Albanian language|Albanian]] |- |- valign="top" |[[qipao]] |A traditional Chinese dress |[OED] |Also written ''chi pao'' |{{zh|t=旗袍}} |- |[[Iranian qiran|qiran]] |A currency of Iran between 1825 and 1932 |[MW] |Also written as: kran |[[Persian language|Persian]] {{transl|fa|qrān}} |- valign="top" |[[qirsh]] |A monetary unit of Saudi Arabia and, formerly, various other countries |[RHU] |Also written ''qurush'', ''qursh'', ''gursh'', ''girsh'' or ''ghirsh'' | |- valign="top" |[[qiviut]] |The wool of the [[musk-ox]] |[OED] | |[[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]] {{lang|iu|ᕿᕕᐅᖅ}} |- valign="top" |[[qiyas]] |An analogy in [[Sharia]], Islamic law |[RHW] | |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|قِيَاس}} |- valign="top" |[[qoph]] |The nineteenth letter of the [[Hebrew alphabet]] |[L][C] |Also written ''koph'' |[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] {{lang|he|קוף}} | |- valign="top" |[[korma|qorma]] |A type of curry |[Co] |Much more commonly written ''korma'' |[[Persian language|Persian]]→[[Urdu]] {{lang|ar|قورمه}} |- |[[Quantum satis|q.s.]] |as much as is sufficient |[MW] | |[[Latin]] {{lang|la|quantum sufficit}} or {{lang|la|quantum satis}} |- valign="top" |[[QWERTY]] |A standard English keyboard layout |[ODE][COD][LC][C][AOX][OED] |Plural ''qwertys'' or ''qwerties''; also rendered ''QWERTY'' |Named after the first letters on the top row of the QWERTY keyboard layout. |- |[[Kyrgyz people|Qyrghyz]] |people of [[Kyrgyzstan]] |[MW] |More commonly spelled [[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]]. | |- valign="top" |rencq |An obsolete spelling of ''[[wikt:rank|rank]]'' |[OED] | | |- valign="top" |[[sambuk|sambuq]] |A type of [[dhow]], a small Arabian boat |[OED] | |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|سَنْبُوك}} |- valign="top" |[[shekel|sheqel]] |A unit of weight originally used in Mesopotamia. The currency of Israel, divided into 100 [[Israeli agora|agorot]] |[MW] |Plural ''sheqels'' or ''sheqalim''; more commonly written ''shekel'' |[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] {{lang|he|שקל}}, [[Yiddish]] {{lang|yi|ניי-שקל}} |- valign="top" |[[souq]] |An Arab marketplace |[ODE][C][OED][AOX] |Also written ''sooq'', ''soq'', ''suq'', ''souk'', ''esouk'', or ''suk'' |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|سُوق}} ({{transl|ar|sūq}}) |- valign="top" |[[Talaq (Nikah)|talaq]] |A form of Islamic divorce |[ODE][C][OED] | |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|طَلَاق}} ({{transl|ar|talāq}}), from {{transl|ar|talaqa}} 'repudiate' |- valign="top" |[[taluq]] |An Indian estate |[OED] |Also written ''taluk'' or ''talook'' |[[Arabic language|Arabic]]→[[Urdu]] {{lang|ar|تَعَلُّقَة}} ({{transl|ar|ta'alluqa}}) 'connection', 'relationship' |- valign="top" |[[taluqdar]] |A person who collects the revenues of a ''taluq'' |[OED] |Also written ''talukdar'' or ''talookdar'' |[[Arabic language|Arabic]]→[[Urdu]] {{lang|ar|تعلقدار}} ({{transl|ar|ta'alluq-dar}}) 'landholder', 'possessor of an estate', 'lord of a manor' |- valign="top" |taluqdari |An Indian landholding tenure |[OED] | | |- valign="top" |[[taqiyya|taqiya]] |Concealing faith in Islam due to fear of persecution |[RHW] |Also written ''taqiyah'' [RHU], or capitalised |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|التَقِيَّة}} |- valign="top" |[[taqlid]] |Acceptance of [[Muslim]] orthodoxy |[RHW] | |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|تَقْلِيد}} |- valign="top" |[[Tariqah|tariqa]] |A [[Sufi]] method of spiritual development, or a Sufi missionary |[E][AOX] |Also written ''tariqat'' [E] or ''tarika'' |[[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|طَرِيق}} |- valign="top" |[[tranq]] |[[Tranquilizer]] (sedative) |[OED] |Also written ''trank'' [OED] |[[Apocopation]] from ''tranquilizer'' |- valign="top" |[[tzadik|tsaddiq]] |In Judaism, a title for a righteous person |[C][OED] |Plural ''tsaddiqs'' or ''tsaddiqim''; also written ''tzaddiq'' [C], ''tzadik'' or ''tzaddik'' |[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] {{lang|he|צדיק}} |- valign="top" |[[umiaq]] |An open Inuit boat |[OSPD4] |Also spelled ''umiak'', ''umialak'', ''umiac'', ''oomiac'' or ''oomiak'' | |- valign="top" |[[waqf]] |A charitable trust in Islamic law |[ODE][C][OED] |Also written ''wakf''; plural ''waqf'' [ODE][C][OED] or ''waqfs'' [C][OED] |[[Arabic language|Arabic]], literally 'stoppage' from {{transl|ar|waqafa}}, 'come to a standstill' |- valign="top" |[[yaqona]] |A Fijian intoxicating beverage, [[kava]] |[C][OED] | |[[Fijian language|Fijian]] {{lang|fj|yaqona}}, in which ''q'' represents {{IPA|[ŋɡ]}} |}

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