The origin of the glyph shape of qōp () is uncertain. It is usually suggested to have originally depicted either a sewing needle, specifically the ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

The Arabic letter ق is named قاف qāf. It is written in several ways depending in its position in the word:
Traditionally in the ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ

The Oxford Hebrew-English Dictionary transliterates the letter Qoph (קוֹף‎) as q or k; and, when word-final, it may be transliterated as ck. The English spellings of Biblical names (as derived via Latin from Biblical Greek) containing this letter may represent it as c or … ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ