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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 which 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 by an English speaker, as pinyin uses "q" to represent the sound , which is approximated as in English. In other examples, ''Q'' represents 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 means "heart" but كلب 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''). Of the 71 words in this list, 67 are nouns, and most would generally be considered loanwords; the only modern-English words that contain ''Q'' not followed by ''U'' and are not borrowed from another language are ''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 which 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'' which is not directly followed by a ''U''. ''Qaqortoq'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Qaqortoq )〕 in Greenland, is notable for having three such ''Q''s. Other proper names and acronyms that have attained the status of English words include: ''Compaq'' (a computer company), ''Nasdaq'' (a US electronic stock market), ''Qantas'' (an Australian airline), and ''QinetiQ'' (a British technology company). ''Zaqqum'' (a tree mentioned in the Qur'an) and ''Saqqara'' (an ancient burial ground in Egypt) are proper nouns notable for their use of a double ''Q''. ==Words== 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. |- valign="top" |faqih |An Islamic jurisprudent |() |Plural ''faqihs'' or ''fuqaha'' () |Arabic |- valign="top" |faqir |A Muslim ascetic |() |More commonly written ''fakir'' |Arabic , "poverty-stricken" |- valign="top" |fiqh |Muslim jurisprudence |() | |Arabic فقه, "understanding" |- valign="top" |inqilab |A revolution in India or Pakistan |() | |Arabic |- valign="top" |mbaqanga |A style of South African music |()()() | |Zulu ''umbaqanga'', "steamed maize bread" |- valign="top" |miqra |The Tanakh, or Hebrew text of the Bible |() | |Hebrew |- valign="top" |muqaddam |A Bangladeshi or Punjabi headman |() | |Arabic |- valign="top" |nastaliq |An Arabic script used in Persian writings |() |Also written ''nasta'liq'' (), ''nestaliq'' (), ''nastaleeq'', or shortened to just ''taliq'' () |Persian , from ''naskh'' + ''ta`liq'' |- valign="top" |niqab |A veil for the lower-face worn by some Muslim women |() |Also written ''niqaab'' |From Arabic |- valign="top" |pontacq |A sweet wine from Pontacq (France) |() | | |- valign="top" |qabab |A dish consisting of pieces of seasoned meat |() |More commonly written ''kebab'', ''kebap'', ''kebob'', ''kibob'', ''kebhav'', ''kephav'', ''kebabie'', or ''kabob'' |Persian |- valign="top" |qabalah |A form of Jewish mysticism |()()() |More commonly written ''Kabbalah'', and also written ''Qabala'' (), ''Qabbala'' (), ''Cabalah'' etc. Derived words include ''qabalism'', ''qabalist'', and ''qabalistic''. |Hebrew |- valign="top" |qadarite |A member of the Qadariyah |() | | |- valign="top" |qadariyah |In Islam, adherents of the doctrine of free will |() |Also written ''Qadariya'' () | |- valign="top" |qaddish |In Judaism, a prayer of mourning |() |More commonly written ''Kaddish'' |Hebrew |- valign="top" |qadi |A Muslim judge |()()()()() |Also written ''qadhi'' (), ''qaadi'', ''kadi'', ''kazi'' ''qaadee'' or ''qazi'' () |Arabic |- valign="top" |qadiriyah |In Islam, a Sufi order |() |Also written ''Qadiriya'' () |Arabic |- valign="top" |qaf |Twenty-first letter of the Arabic alphabet |() |Also written ''qaph'' or ''qap'' |Arabic |- valign="top" |qaid |A Muslim tribal chief |() |Also written ''caid'' or ''kaid'' |Arabic , "leader", "commander" |- valign="top" |qaimaqam |A minor official of the Ottoman Empire |()() |Also written ''kaymakam'', ''kaimakam'', ''caimacam'', or ''qaim makam'' |From Arabic , "standing" + "place", meaning "standing in place" |- valign="top" |qalamdan |A Persian writing-case |() | | Persian |- valign="top" |qalandar |A member of an order of mendicant dervishes |() |Also written ''calender'', or capitalised | |- valign="top" |qanat |A type of water-supply tunnel found in north Africa and the Middle East |()()()() |Also written ''kanat'', ''khanat'', ''kunut'', ''kona'', ''konait'', ''ghanat'', or ''ghundat'' |Persian, from Arabic ''qanāt'', "channel" |- valign="top" |qanun |A type of harp |() |Also written ''qanon'' or ''kanun'' () |Arabic , rule, principle or mode |- valign="top" |qasida |An Arabian poem of praise or satire |()()() |Also written ''qasidah'' |Arabic |- valign="top" |qat |A kind of Arabian shrub used as a narcotic |()()() |More commonly written ''khat'', ''kat'' or ''gat'' |Arabic ''qāt'' |- valign="top" |qawwal |A person who practises qawwali music |()()() | | |- valign="top" |qawwali |Devotional music of the Sufis |()()() | |Arabic (''qawwāli''), "loquacious" or "singer" |- valign="top" |qepiq |An Azerbaijani unit of currency |() | |Azerbaijani qəpik |- valign="top" |qere |A marginal reading in the Hebrew Bible |()() |Also written ''qeri'' () or ''qre'' () |Aramaic , "(is ) read" |- valign="top" |qhat |An obsolete spelling of ''what'' |() | | |- valign="top" |qheche |An obsolete spelling of ''which'' |() | | |- valign="top" |qhom |An obsolete spelling of ''whom'' |() | | |- valign="top" |qhythsontyd |An obsolete spelling of ''Whitsuntide'' (the day of Pentecost) |() | | |- valign="top" |qi |In Chinese culture, a physical life force |()()()() |Commonly written ''chi'' or ''ki'' | |- valign="top" |qiana |A type of nylon |() | |Originally a trademark of DuPont, now generic |- valign="top" |qibla |The point to which Muslims turn in prayer |()()()()() |Also written ''qiblah'' (), ''kiblah'', ''qiblih'', ''kibla'' or ''qib'lah'' (), sometimes capitalised |17th Century Arabic, "the opposite" |- valign="top" |qibli |A local Libyan name for the sirocco, a southeasterly Mediterranean wind |() |Also written ''ghibli'' |Arabic , "coming from the qibla |- valign="top" |qigong |A Chinese system of medical exercises |()()() |Also written ''chi gong'', ''ki gong'', or ''chi kung'' | |- valign="top" |qin |A classification of Chinese musical instruments |() | | |- valign="top" |qinah |A Hebrew elegy |() |Also written ''kinah''; plural ''qinot'', ''qinoth'' |Hebrew |- valign="top" |qindar, qindarkë |An Albanian unit of currency, equal to one one-hundredth of a lek |()()() |Plural ''qindarka'' () or ''qindars'' (). Also written ''qintar'' ()()() or ''quintal'' |Albanian |- valign="top" |qinghaosu |A drug, artemisinin, used to treat malaria |() | | |- valign="top" |qipao |A traditional Chinese dress |() |Also written ''chi pao'' | |- valign="top" |qirsh |A monetary unit of Saudi Arabia and, formerly, various other countries |() |Also written ''qurush'', ''qursh'', ''gursh'', ''girsh'' or ''ghirsh'' | |- valign="top" |qiviut |The wool of the musk-ox |() | |Inuktitut ᕿᕕᐅᖅ |- valign="top" |qiyas |An analogy in Sharia, Islamic law |() | |Arabic |- valign="top" |qoph |The nineteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet |()() |Also written ''koph'' |Hebrew |- valign="top" |qorma |A type of curry |() |Much more commonly written ''korma'' |Persian→Urdu |- valign="top" |qwerty |A standard English keyboard layout |()()()()()() |Plural ''qwertys'' or ''qwerties''; also rendered ''QWERTY'' |Named after the letters on the top row of keys. |- valign="top" |rencq |An obsolete spelling of ''rank'' |() | | |- valign="top" |sambuq |A type of Dhow, a small Arabian boat |() | |Arabic |- valign="top" |sheqel |A unit of weight originally used in Mesopotamia. The currency of Israel, divided into 100 agorot |() |Plural ''sheqels'' or ''sheqalim''; more commonly written ''shekel'' |Hebrew , Yiddish |- valign="top" |souq |An Arab marketplace |()()()() |Also written ''sooq'', ''soq'', ''suq'', ''souk'', ''esouk'', or ''suk'' |Arabic (''sūq'') |- valign="top" |talaq |A form of Islamic divorce |()()() | |Arabic ''talaq'', from ''talaqa'', "repudiate" |- valign="top" |taluq |An Indian estate |() |Also written ''taluk'' or ''talook'' |Arabic→Urdu , ''ta'alluqa'', "connection", "relationship" |- valign="top" |taluqdar |A person who collects the revenues of a ''taluq'' |() |Also written ''talukdar'' or ''talookdar'' |Arabic→Urdu , ''ta'alluq-dar'', "landholder", "possessor of an estate", "lord of a manor" |- valign="top" |taluqdari |An Indian landholding tenure |() | | |- valign="top" |taqiya |In Islam, the dissimulation of faith displayed for fear of one's life |() |Also written ''taqiyah'' (), or capitalised |Arabic |- valign="top" |taqlid |Acceptance of Muslim orthodoxy |() | |Arabic |- valign="top" |tariqa |A Sufi method of spiritual development, or a Sufi missionary |()() |Also written ''tariqat'' () or ''tarika'' |Arabic |- valign="top" |tranq |A form of sedative |() |Also written ''trank'' () |Apocopation from ''tranquilizer'' |- valign="top" |tsaddiq |In Judaism, a term bestowed upon the righteous. |()() |Plural ''tsaddiqs'' or ''tsaddiqim''; also written ''tzaddiq'' (), ''tzadik'' or ''tzaddik'' |Hebrew |- valign="top" |umiaq |An open Inuit boat |() |Also spelled ''umiak'', ''umialak'', ''umiac'', ''oomiac'' or ''oomiak'' | |- valign="top" |waqf |A charitable trust in Islamic law |()()() |Also written ''wakf''; plural ''waqf'' ()()() or ''waqfs'' ()() |Arabic, literally "stoppage" from ''waqafa'', "come to a standstill" |- valign="top" |yaqona |A Fijian intoxicating beverage, kava |()() | |Fijian ''yaqona'', in which ''q'' represents |} 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of English words containing Q not followed by U」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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