The 'Q' and the 'U'
This might sound really trivial, but just think for a minute. Can you think of any word(s) which have the letter 'Q(q)' without being followed by a 'U(u)'?
Probably Qatar is the only one.
Did some research on this and found out there are indeed a few non-'Qu' words that have reached English from other languages.
Qadi - a Muslim judge
Qanat - an irrigation channel
Qasida - an Arabic or Persian poem
Qawwal - a qawwali devotional singer
Qawwali - Muslim devotional music
Qibla - the direction towards Mecca
Qigong - a Chinese system of physical exercises
Qin - a Chinese musical instrument
Qintar - a monetary unit of Albania
Qwerty - the standard layout of typewriters and keyboards
Tariqa - the Sufi method of spiritual learning
Any more?
posted by Once the Conman at 12:55 PM
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Btw, what does Qatar mean? I know in hindi it means 'queue'. Is it the same in arabic??
Lol... no man... What does America mean?
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well there's the Australian airline QANTAS - if that's considered to be a word - more of an acronym, really!
cheers
Nor what the hell does NZM mean man!
Qayamat
Qasar (although I think that's spelt with a K)
Qasoor (or is that Qusoor?)
.. there must be more.. I'm bored
Yeh kya tumne word verification bullshit laga liya.. most irritating..
oh.. and
Taqleef (pain)
Tariq (date)
Taqalluff (formality)
I've realised Q can be replaced with K most times and that's really qonfusing me now.
Was I not clear in my blog. I said words that are part of the English Language now man...
"found out there are indeed a few non-'Qu' words that have reached English from other languages" --- The words that I have mentioned are part of the english dictionary. So please read post carefully before commenting.
like.. whatever man
scrabble freak that i am
qat -- something like the betel leaf grown in yemen
qi -- dont know meaning
a lot more, no time to list
I'll answer that Qatar question (as a Qatari).
Qatar could mean drops or droplets.
Bahrain means, two seas.
The shape of Qatar does indeed look like a droplet.
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