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Are there any words in English which start with the letter Q, but the second letter is not U?

words starting by Q then U are:

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Question added by Rima Soliman
Date Posted: 2016/06/15
Farhana Siddique Fari
by Farhana Siddique Fari , Coordinator , Coordinator at DFA, Dr Fazeela Abbasi, Advanced Skin, Laser & Hair Institute, Islamabad.

I agree with Ms. Susan Marx. Yes, there are words starting with letter Q without letter U immediately after it, but those words are of Arabic or Greek origin. Following is a list of such words:

1. Qwerty/s – the name for a keyboard whose letters are in the standard typewriter arrangement (hence, Q, W, E, R, T, Y in the upper left-hand corner of the letter section).

2. Qi/s – an alternate spelling of “chi.” Much like chi is the vital energy circulating through the body, “qi” is vital to your WWF arsenal.

3. Qat/s – an alternate spelling of “khat,” which is a white-flowering evergreen shrub found in Africa and the Arab Peninsula. Apparently chewing it is kinda fun – it contains cathinone which is a mild stimulant.

4. Qaid/s – an alternate spelling of “caid,” which is a word for a local governor or leader used most commonly in North Africa and the Muslim state of Al-Andalus (also known as “Moorish Spain”) which existed from.

5. Qoph/s – an alternate spelling of “koph,” (alternate spellings are totally trending right now) which is theth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

6. Qanat/s – an underground tunnel for irrigation used mostly in hot, arid climates.Surprise! There are alternate spellings for this one, too — including kanat, khanat, kunut, kona, konait, ghanat, and ghundat, none of which are accepted in WWF.

Synner Mayocdan
by Synner Mayocdan , Senior English Instructor II , Saudi Japanese Automobile High Institute

Great day!

 

Well, Qatar is a starter, and qi ('chi', or Chinese way of life), and qat, and qadi. You will be very interested and surprised to know that QAT (evegreen shrub from Arabia and Africa) and QADI (religious muslim judge), and few other words have Arabic origins! 

Most of this, I have learned as a scrabble player. So, copying from twl06 (true word list) of scrabble at word-grabber.com, here are the words:

qabala qabalah qabalahs qabalas qabalism qabalisms qabalist qabalisticqabalists qadi qadis qaid qaids qaimaqam qaimaqams qajaq qajaqs qalamdanqalamdans qamutik qamutiks qanat qanats qasida qasidas qat qatar qatariqats qawwaqedqi qiana qiang qiangic qibla qiblas qigong qigongs qin qindar qindarkaqindars qinghaosu qinghaosus qins qintar qintarka qintars qis qiviut qiviutsqoph qophs qorma qormas ...include qwertys

 

Enjoy learning!

Amir Ageeb
by Amir Ageeb , Content Senior Specialist , Elm Company

Yes there are such words though not many; for example modern English coinages: qwerty and qiana, or company names like Qantas.  

Susan Marx
by Susan Marx , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) , AIM

There are words that start with Q with no U as the second letter, but they are Arabic or Greek origin. Qabalah, qwertys, qabalas, qindars, qintars, qabab. Hope this helps you.

Ali Yakub Seesi Rutherfod
by Ali Yakub Seesi Rutherfod , Deputy DIRECTOR of Education , Head of Department of Social Science , St. Jerome Snr High School

Interesting answers I salute the experts for their wonderful answers

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Not of English origin only - like Qatar, Qoran

Mahdi Almomen
by Mahdi Almomen , Wellbeing , C.A.T. Group

it is a good question, indeed there are few words and rare to use but i found them in scrabble dictionary 

qabalah

qindarka qindars qintars qantas  qiviut qadis qaids qophs qadi qats qis

Faraz Shafiuddin Shafiuddin
by Faraz Shafiuddin Shafiuddin , Business Analyst , National Guard Health

After playing scrabble I remember the word qat.

thank you for awesome answers, i appreciate your help

مها شرف
by مها شرف , معلمة لغة عربية , وزارة التربية السورية

I agree with experts answer. Thanks for the invitation. 

ahmed abdallah
by ahmed abdallah , Language Instructor , King Saud University

Thanks for the invitation. I like the question

I agree with the experts

Originally they are not English

 

To the list I add: qiviut         wool from the musk ox