What is the difference between Similar Sounding Arabic Letters ك – ق?
Both letters ك and ق belongs to same group of letters Lihatiya Haroof حرف لهاتيه.So they are very similar in their sounds. But few factors make much difference.
Factors Differentiating Similar Sounding Arabic Letters ك – ق
Letter ق
- Letter ق is one of the heavy letters of Arabic.
- It does not has air flow while pronouncing it
- It is pronounced from soft palate.
Letter ك
- Letter ك is a light letters of Arabic.
- It has air flow while pronouncing it.
- It is pronounced from hard palate.
Words With ق
Words With ك
- قُلْ say [imp,v]
- قَلْب heart
- فِقْرَة paragraph
- العِراق Iraq
- مُشْرِق bright
- كُلْ eat [imp, v]
- كَلْب dog
- فِكْرَة idea
- العِراك fight [the]
- مُشْرِك idolater