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QWERTY, one of the few native English words with Q not followed by U, is derived from the first half dozen messages 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.

In English, the letter Q is commonly 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 non utilize the English alphabet, with Q representing a sound non 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 equally K; for example, قلب /qalb/ means "middle" just كلب /kalb/ means "dog". However, culling spellings are sometimes accepted, which use K (or sometimes C) in place of Q; for example, Koran (Qur'ān) and Cairo (al-Qāhira).

Of the 82 words in this list, 78 are (or can be) interpreted every bit nouns, and most would generally be considered loanwords;^[one] the only modern-English language words that contain Q not followed past 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 exist naturalised in English according to at to the lowest degree one major dictionary (see References), oftentimes because they refer to concepts or societal roles that do non have an accurate equivalent in English language. For words to appear here, they must announced in their own entry in a dictionary; words that occur only as function of a longer phrase are not included.

Proper nouns are not included in the list. There are, in improver, many place names and personal names, mostly originating from Arabic-speaking countries, Albania, or Communist china, that have a Q without a U. The most familiar of these are the countries of Iraq and Qatar, forth 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 take attained the status of English words include: Compaq (a computer company),^[3] Nasdaq (a United states of america electronic stock market),^[4] Qantas (an Australian airline),^[v] and QinetiQ (a British technology company).^{[vi] [7]} Saqqara (an ancient burial ground in Arab republic of egypt)^[8] is a proper noun notable for its employ of a double Q.

Words [edit]

Unless noted otherwise, all words listed here are assumed to be pluralized past adding -southward 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 non necessarily mean that the give-and-take does not announced 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 aboriginal Chinese percussion instrument	[MW]		Chinese: 編磬
buqsha	A sometime 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 Standard arabic burqu`
cinq	The number 5, every bit signified in dice or cards	[ODE][COD][OED]		French cinq 'five'
cinqfoil	A constitute 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 'foliage'
coq	A trimming of cock feathers on a woman's chapeau	[WI]		French coq 'cockerel'
faqih	An Islamic jurisprudent	[RHW]	Plural faqihs or fuqaha [RHU]	Standard arabic فَقِيه
faqir	A Muslim ascetic	[Fifty]	More usually written fakir	Arabic فَقِير 'poverty-stricken'
fiqh	Muslim jurisprudence	[ODE]		Arabic فِقْه 'understanding'
freq	Frequency			Abbreviation of frequency
inqilab	A revolution in Bharat or Pakistan	[C]		Standard arabic إِنْقِلَاب
mbaqanga	A manner of South African music	[ODE][C][West]		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 Western farsi 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 up worn by some Muslim women	[ODE]	Likewise written niqaab	From Arabic نِقَاب
pontacq	A sweet vino from Pontacq (France)	[OED]		French
q	Q or q, the 17th letter of the alphabet of the modern English alphabet	[MW]
qabab	A dish consisting of pieces of seasoned meat	[OED]	More than commonly written kebab, kebap, kebob, kibob, kebhav, kephav, kebabie, or kabob	Western farsi کباب
qabalah	A course 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 approximate	[L][C][W][OED][AOX]	Besides written qadhi [OED], qaadi, kadi, kazi qaadee or qazi[OED]	Standard arabic قَاضِى
qadiriyah	In Islam, a Sufi order	[RHU]	Besides written Qadiriya [RHU]	Arabic القَادِرِيَّة
qaf	ق‎, the twenty-offset letter of the Standard arabic alphabet	[RHW]	Besides written qaph or qap	Arabic قَاف
qaid	A Muslim tribal master	[RHW]	Also written caid or kaid	Arabic قَائِد , 'leader', 'commander'
qaimaqam	A small-scale official of the Ottoman Empire	[C][OED]	Also written kaymakam, kaimakam, caimacam, or qaim makam	From Arabic قَائِم 'standing' + مَقَام 'place', meaning 'standing in identify'
qalamdan	A Persian writing-case	[C]		Persian قلمدان
qalandar	A member of an order of mendicant dervishes	[RHU]	Too written calender, or capitalised
qanat	A type of h2o-supply tunnel found in n Africa and the Centre East	[ODE][C][OED][AOX]	Too written kanat, khanat, kunut, kona, konait, ghanat, or ghundat	Farsi, from Arabic qanāt 'channel'
qapik	A unit of currency of Azerbaijan, equivalent to i-hundredth of a manat	[MW]	Also written as gepik or gopik	Azerbaijani qəpik, from Russian kopéjka.
qanun	A blazon of harp	[OED]	Too written qanon or kanun [OED]	Standard arabic قَانُون , rule, principle or fashion
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	[Fifty][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.East.D.	Used at the end of a proof	[Co]		Abridgement of Latin quod erat demonstrandum
qepiq	An Azerbaijani unit of currency	[AH]	Too written qapik or qepik	Azeri qəpik
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 language had "wh-".[nine]
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, at present generic
qibla	The signal to which Muslims plow 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 contrary'
qibli	A local Libyan name for the sirocco, a southeasterly Mediterranean current of air	[OED]	Likewise 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]	Too 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 1-hundredth of a lek	[ODE][L][C]	Plural qindarka [50] 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 care for malaria	[C]		Chinese: 青蒿素
qingsongite	A rare mineral institute in China.		Plural qingsongites	named after Qingsong Fang
qinter	An Albanian coin organization	[OED]		Albanian
qipao	A traditional Chinese apparel	[OED]	Also written chi pao	Chinese: 旗袍
qiran	A currency of Islamic republic of iran between 1825 and 1932	[MW]	Too 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 illustration in Sharia, Islamic law	[RHW]		Arabic قِيَاس
qoph	The nineteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet	[50][C]	Likewise written koph	Hebrew קוף
qorma	A type of curry	[Co]	Much more than 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 beginning letters on the top row of the QWERTY keyboard layout.
qyrghyz	people of Kyrgyzstan	[MW]	More commonly used word of kyrgyz.
rencq	An obsolete spelling of rank	[OED]
sambuq	A blazon of dhow, a modest Arabian boat	[OED]		Standard arabic سَنْبُوك
sheqel	A unit of weight originally used in Mesopotamia. The currency of State of israel, divided into 100 agorot	[MW]	Plural sheqels or sheqalim; more ordinarily written shekel	Hebrew שקל , Yiddish ניי-שקל
souq	An Arab marketplace	[ODE][C][OED][AOX]	Too written sooq, soq, suq, souk, esouk, or suk	Standard arabic سُوق ( sūq )
talaq	A grade of Islamic divorce	[ODE][C][OED]		Standard arabic طَلَاق ( talāq ), from talaqa 'repudiate'
taluq	An Indian manor	[OED]	As well 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]	Too written taqiyah [RHU], or capitalised	Standard arabic التَقِيَّة
taqlid	Acceptance of Muslim orthodoxy	[RHW]		Arabic تَقْلِيد
tariqa	A Sufi method of spiritual evolution, or a Sufi missionary	[E][AOX]	Also written tariqat [East] or tarika	Arabic طَرِيق
tranq	Tranquilizer (allaying)	[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 constabulary	[ODE][C][OED]	Also written wakf; plural waqf[ODE][C][OED] or waqfs[C][OED]	Arabic, literally 'stoppage' from waqafa , 'come up to a standstill'
yaqona	A Fijian intoxicating drink, kava	[C][OED]		Fijian yaqona , in which q represents [ŋɡ]

Uses in Scrabble [edit]

In many word games, notably in Scrabble, a player must build a give-and-take using a certain prepare of letters. If a player is obliged to use a q only 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 apply their own sets of words from selected dictionaries that may not contain all the words listed here.

Qi is the most usually played word in Scrabble tournaments,^[10] and was added to the official Northward American word list in 2006.^[eleven]

Other words listed in this article, such equally suq, umiaq or qiviut, are likewise adequate, but since these contain a u, they are less probable to exist useful in the situation described.^[12]

Listing of dictionaries cited [edit]

• [AH]: The American Heritage Dictionary (4 ed.). Dell. 2001. ISBN0-440-23701-7.
• [AHC]: American Heritage Higher Dictionary (4 ed.). Houghton Mifflin. 2007. ISBN978-0-618-83595-9.
• [AOX]: "Ask Oxford". Retrieved July 27, 2009.
• [C]: The Chambers Dictionary (nine ed.). Chambers. 2003. ISBN0-550-10105-5.
• [Co]: Collins English Dictionary (3 ed.). HarperCollins. 1994. ISBN0-00-470678-i.
• [COD]: Concise Oxford Dictionary (8 ed.). Clarendon. 1990. ISBN0-19-861200-one.
• [Eastward]: "Microsoft Encarta online lexicon". Archived from the original on October 31, 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2006.
• [L]: The Longman Dictionary of the English Language (5 ed.). Longman. 1988. ISBN0-582-55511-6.
• [LC]: The Longman Lexicon of Contemporary English (four ed.). Longman. 2003. ISBN0-582-77649-10.
• [MW]: Merriam-Webster'due south Collegiate Dictionary (11 ed.). Merriam-Webster. 2003. ISBN0-87779-809-5.
• [MWO]: "Merriam-Webster online dictionary". Retrieved May 29, 2006.
• [ODE]: Oxford Lexicon of English (2 ed.). Oxford Upwards. 2003. ISBN0-nineteen-861347-4.
• [OED]: Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford UP. 2003. ISBN0-xix-861347-iv.
• [OSPD4]: The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (4 ed.). Merriam-Webster. 2005. ISBN0-87779-929-6.
• [RHU]: Random Business firm Unabridged Lexicon (2 ed.). Random House. 1998. ISBN0-517-19931-ix.
• [RHW]: Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2 ed.). Random House. 2005. ISBN0-375-42599-iii.
• [SOED]: The Shorter Oxford English language Dictionary on Historical Principles (3 ed.). Clarendon. 1992. ISBN0-19-861294-X.
• [TWL]: Official Tournament and Club Word Listing (ii ed.). Merriam-Webster. 2006. ISBN0-87779-635-1.
• [Westward]: Random Business firm Webster's Collegiate Lexicon. Random House Reference. 2000. ISBN0-375-42560-viii.
• [WI]: Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Entire. Merriam-Webster. 2002. ISBN0-87779-201-one.

See too [edit]

• Constrained writing
• English words without vowels

References [edit]

1. ^ David Sacks (2004). Letter Perfect: The Marvelous History of our Alphabet from A to Z. Random Firm. ISBN0-7679-1173-3.
2. ^ Lynn Kauer. "Qaqortoq". Retrieved April 6, 2011.
3. ^ "Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Concur to Merge, Creating $87 Billion Global Technology Leader" (Press release). Hewlett-Packard. September 3, 2001. Retrieved October four, 2008.
4. ^ Michael J. De la Merced (February 18, 2011). "Nasdaq and ICE Concord Talks Over Potential N.Y.S.E. Bid". Dealbook. The New York Times. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
5. ^ "Qantas frequent flyers become microchip cards, heralding new era in faster travel". The Contained. U.k.. November 13, 2009. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
6. ^ Andrew Buncombe (October 25, 2006). "Former CIA Main Joins the Lath of QinetiQ". The Independent . Retrieved January 14, 2012.
7. ^ Mulla Sadra Shirazi (2010). Divine Manifestations: Concerning the Secrets of the Perfecting Sciences. ICAS Press. p. 151. ISBN978-1-904063-35-3.
8. ^ Toby A. H. Wilkinson (2001). Early Dynastic Egypt: Strategies, Society and Security. Routledge. p. 259. ISBN0-415-26011-half-dozen.
9. ^ 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.
10. ^ Playing the 'Q'. Huub Luyk. Dominicus.Star Baguio. October v, 2010. Retrieved October 19, 2010. Archived March 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
11. ^ "Scrabble players conform as official dictionary adds ' za, 'qi ' and 3,300 others." Vargia Linn. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 9, 2006. Retrieved Oct xix, 2010.
12. ^ Words with a Q not followed by a U fArchived 2010-10-06 at the Wayback Automobile. Australian Scrabble Players Association. May 8, 2007. Retrieved October 18, 2010.

Bibliography [edit]

• Eckler, A. Ross (1976). "Must You Join the Queue?". Word Means. ix (2): 113–115. Retrieved October nineteen, 2010.
• Quinion, Michael (2003). "Q followed by U". World Wide Words. Archived from the original on October 7, 2010. Retrieved October nineteen, 2010.
• Quinion, Michael (2009). Why is Q Always Followed by U? Word-perfect Answers to the About-asked Questions about Linguistic communication. Penguin Books. ISBN978-i-84614-184-3 . Retrieved October 19, 2010.
• Scrabble Word Lists Q without U – Parker Brothers, attributed to: Joe Edley; John D. Williams, Jr. (2009). "Affiliate 6: Your Fourth-Form Teacher, Mrs. Kleinfelder, Lied to you: You Tin Take Words with a Q and No U". Everything Scrabble: Third Edition. pp. 56–58. ISBN978-i-4165-6175-0.

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