آب نقره āb-i-nuḳra P Quicksilver, silver reduced by any menstruum to a liquid state.

تقريب taḳrīb A (inf. ii. of قرب) s. f. 1. Bringing near, approximation, approaching, proximity, access. 2. Recommendation, mentioning any one to another before meeting. 3. Occasion, conjunction, cause, pretence, motive, probability. تقريب کرنا taḳrīb karnā, To commend, to re- commend, to prepare a person for the reception of another.

تقريبا taḳrīb-aṉ A adv. Near to, about, nearly.

تقرير taḳrīr A (inf. ii. of قرّ or قرار) s. f. Confes- sion, avowal, exposition, declaration, assertion, ascertainment, relation, recital, detail, narration, confirmation. تقريرکرنا taḳrīr karnā, To relate.

تقريس taḳrīs A (inf. ii. of قرس) s. f. Cooling, congealing.

عاقرقرحا āﻌḳarḳarḥā A s. m. Pellitory.

عقرقرحا aﻌḳarḳarḥā A. s. m. The name of a medi- cine. See عاقرقرحا.

عنقريب aﻌn-ḳarīb A (عن prepos. and قريب Near) adv. Near, soon, shortly, nearly, almost.

فقره fiḳra A (from فقر To break, especially the vertebræ) s. m. A line, a sentence. فقره بندي fiḳra-bandī, s. f. Arrangement, eloquence.

قرق ḳurḳ A s. m. 1. An embargo. 2. Confisca- tion, the act of seizing, attacking, seizure. 3. Enclosure, hinderance, prevention of access.

قرقرا ḳarḳarā A s. m. The name of a bird. (Ardea virgo).

قرقي ḳurḳ-ī A adj. Confiscated. قرقي پروانه ḳurḳ-ī parwāna, A warrant issued to sequester a pro- perty.

قرمز ḳirmiz A s. m. Crimson, cochineal. (Hence, Chermes or Kermes).

قرمساق ḳurram-sāḳ U A term of abuse, pimp, cuckold, scoundrel, &c.

قرن ḳarn A (from قرن ḳarana, To join) s. m. 1. Conjunction of the planets. 2. A period of (40, 10, 20, 30, 50, 60, 70, 80, 100, or 120) years. (Ḳām.).