قصبات ḳaṣbāt A s. plur. (of قصبه) Towns.

قلاب ḳullāb A s. m. 1. A hook. 2. The hood put on a hawk to blind him. 3. Drawing and relaxing the string of a bow repeatedly before discharging the arrow.

قاقله ḳāḳula A s. m. Cardamums.

قايمه ḳāʼịma A (fem. of قايم) 1. adj. Erect, per- pendicular. 2. s. m. A perpendicular line. 3. A right angle.

قراري ḳarār-ī A. adj. 1. Firm, stable. 2. Rati- fied, agreed to.

قوم ḳaum A s. f. Tribe, sect, cast, a people, na- tion, family. قوم و خويش ḳaum-o-ḵẖẉesh, plur. m. Friends and relations.

قدوم ḳudūm A (from قدم) s. m. Arrival, coming near, approach.

قايزه کرنا ḳāʼịza karnā A. S̱. v. a. To tie up a horseʼs head by passing the bridle to his tail, to prevent his biting, &c. while rubbing down.

قيلوله ḳailūla A (from قيل) s. m. Sleeping at midday, a midday nap.

قطعه ḳit̤ʼaﻌ A s. m. 1. A section, a cutting, a fragment, a division. 2. A strophe. قطعه بند ḳit̤ʼaﻌ-band, adj. A kind of verse, in which the meaning of the first verse of each stanza is com- pleted in the last. ¶ ḳat̤ʼﻌ or ḳut̤ʼaﻌ, A divi- sion, plot, parcel or portion of land, segment, portion; cut, shape.