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

قبر ḳabr A (Heb. ) s. f. A grave, a tomb. قبرکن ḳabr-kan, A grave-digger. قبر گاه ḳabr- gāh, s. f. A burying ground. قبرستان ḳabr- istān, s. f. A burying ground. A. قبس 1. ḳabs, s. m. Lighting or getting fire from another, striking or asking fire. 2. Learning, teaching. 3. ¶ ḳabas, A firebrand, a match, any thing for kindling fire with. 4. ¶ kabis (perhaps for قبص ḳabiṣ) adj. Quick, expeditious.

قارون ḳārūn A n. prop. A person supposed to be the same as Korah, whom the Muhammadans describe as the cousin of Moses. (On account of his riches and avarice, his name is proverbially applied to all misers).

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.

قاقله ḳāḳula A s. m. Cardamums.

قياسي ḳiyās-ī A adj. Analogous, analogical, re- gular, conjectural, theoretical.

قبور ḳubūr A s. plur. (of قبر) Tombs.

قشقه ḳashḳa A s. m. A mark made by the Hin- dūs on the forehead with sandal, &c.: see ؟يکا ṭīkā. قشقه دينا ḳashḳa denā, To put the ḳashḳa on the forehead.

قبل ḳabl A (Heb. and Chald. ) 1. s. m. The anteriour part, the front. 2. adj. First. 3. adv. Before. قبل ازين ḳabl az-īn, Before this, heretofore. ¶ ḳibal, 1. Power. 2. Plenty.

قتال ḳitāl A (from قتل) s. f. Battle, slaughter, fighting. ¶ ḳattāl, adj. Great slayer, killer, murderer.