قيمه ḳīma A s. m. 1. (perhaps from Gr. *xumos) Minced meat. قيمه پلاو ḳīma-pulāʼo, A kind of dish. 2. See قيمت ḳīmat.

قلم ḳalam A s. m. (by Hindūs s. f. Sans. कलम Gr. ka/lamos) 1. A reed. 2. A pen. 3. A mode of writing characters, handwriting. 4. s. f. Cuttings of trees, &c. for planting, a set, a slip. 5. A kind of firework. قلم انداز ḳalam- andāz, Throwing away the pen. قلم بند کرنا ḳalam band karnā, To take down, to write. قلم بندي ḳalam-band-ī, s. f. Signature, signing an agreement. قلم تراش ḳalam-tarāsh, s. f. A penknife. قلم جاري هونا ḳalam jārī honā, Le- vying of forces. قلمدان ḳalam-dām, s. m. An inkstand. قلمرو ḳalam-rau, s. m. Empire, sove- reignty, jurisdiction. قلم کار ḳalam-kār, An en- graver. قلم کاري ḳalam-kār-ī, s. f. Engraving. قلم کرنا ḳalam karnā, To cut. قلم کشي ḳalam- kash-ī, s. f. Writing. قلم لگانا ḳalam lagānā, To plant slips or cuttings.

قاب ḳāb A (Heb. ) 1. s. f. A large dish used for serving rice, &c. in at a meal, or for kneading dough in, &c. 2. s. m. The distance be- tween the part where a bow is grasped by the hand and its extremities. قاب قوسين ḳāb-ḳau- sain, The distance of two bows, or rather of two bows from the part grasped by the hand to the extremities.

قبيح ḳabīḥ A (from قبح) adj. Vile, detestable, de- formed, bad, ugly, shameful, disgraceful.

قفا ḳafā A s. f. The back of the head, occiput, nape of the neck; behind, after.

قصدا ḳaṣdaṉ A adv. Voluntarily, intentionally, purposely, expressly.

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

قايد ḳāʼịd A (part. act. of قود) s. m. 1. A leader, a general. 2. The star in the tail of the lesser bear.

قطعي ḳat̤ʼīﻌ A 1. adv. Verily. 2. s. f. A tailorʼs measure. 3. adj. Decisive, conclusive.

قرات ḳirʼat A (from قرأ Heb. To read) s. f. Pronunciation, reading.