qoph

Q10O1P3H4
/kɒf/

noun

The nineteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

OriginHebrew קוֹף →
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Meanings

nounqoph (plural qophs)

plural qophs · alternative kuf · alternative qaaf · alternative qāf · alternative qof · alternative qop · alternative quf

  1. The nineteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Origin

  1. Hebrewקוֹף
  2. Englishqoph

From Hebrew קוֹף (qōf).

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Translations

Arabic قَاف
  • قَاف (qāf)Semitic letter
Catalan cof
  • cofSemitic letter
Dutch koef
  • koefSemitic letter
Finnish qof
  • qofSemitic letter
French qouf, qof
  • qoufSemitic letter
  • qofSemitic letter
  • qophSemitic letter
Hebrew קוּף, ק
  • קוּף (quf)Semitic letter
  • קSemitic letter
Latin coph
  • cophSemitic letter
Malay qaf
  • qafSemitic letter
Swedish qof
  • qofSemitic letter
Yiddish קוף
  • קוף (kuf)Semitic letter

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with qoph

ofcoughtroughgoffloughscoffKalashnikovcoifshroffdoffquaffschroffeff offkeepings offshowing offsmofsnoughVan Gogh
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Sounds the same

cough (cot–caught merger)
Cite this entry
APA

qoph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/qoph

MLA

“qoph.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/qoph. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “qoph,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/qoph.

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