
Coffee
Arabic coffee is on UNESCO's heritage list for Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman and Qatar: it is served with the right hand, and elders and guests are served first. The word even reached Belgium: Flemish koffie began as qahwa.
This is Qaaf. Tap the biscuit to hear it, then play Catch the letter below.
Qaaf (ق) is the 21st letter of the Arabic alphabet. On this page: how to say the Arabic letter Qaaf, its shapes in a word, words that start with Qaaf, and girls' and boys' names that start with it.
A letter changes shape with its place in the word.
Three words every child knows. Tap a word to hear it.

Arabic coffee is on UNESCO's heritage list for Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman and Qatar: it is served with the right hand, and elders and guests are served first. The word even reached Belgium: Flemish koffie began as qahwa.
Tap a name to see it in letter biscuits and hear its letters.
قمرQamarthe moon in the sky; a moonlit night is called qamraa, a night full of lightSource: Lisan al-Arab · Sultan Qaboos Encyclopedia
قصيQusaifar away, the distant one+ 2 more meaningsSource: Lisan al-Arab · Sultan Qaboos EncyclopediaTap every Qaaf biscuit. Watch out for look-alikes!
Tap the Qaaf biscuit at the top of the page to hear it, then say it slowly together with your child.
Four: alone (ق), at the start of a word (قـ), in the middle (ـقـ) and at the end (ـق).
Qamar. Tap a name to see it in letter biscuits.
Qusai. Tap a name to see it in letter biscuits.