U+0729 "ܩ" Syriac Letter Qaph Unicode Character

U+0729 "ܩ" Syriac Letter Qaph is the twentieth letter of the Syriac alphabet, representing the emphatic voiceless uvular plosive sound /q/, similar to the Arabic letter qāf. In the Syriac script, it is derived from the earlier Aramaic and Phoenician letter qoph, and its shape features a distinctive closed loop with a descending stroke. The letter is used in classical Syriac, as well as modern dialects like Assyrian and Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, serving both as a consonant in liturgical texts and in everyday writing. Its numeric value in the Semitic alphabetic numeral system is 100, reflecting its position and historical significance in the Semitic language family.