قعب ḳaﻌb A (Heb. ) s. m. 1. A cavern, a pit, a furrow, a cup. 2. A hidden meaning of a speech.

قا فيه ḳāfiya A (from قفا To follow) s. m. Rhyme, cadence, metre, the last letter in a verse, to which all the other distichs rhyme. (In poems which terminate in a double rhyme, the penult syllable is ḳāfiya, the last being called radīf). قافيه تنگ هونا ḳāfiya tang honā, To be very poor or distressed.

قاتل ḳātil A part. act. (of قتل) 1. Killing. 2. s. m. A murderer, assassin. 3. Homicide. 4. adj. Mortal, deadly, fatal.

قبوليت ḳabūliyat A s. f. A written agreement, acceptance, assent, consent.

قرولي ḳaraulī T. (for قراولي) s. f. 1. A piquet, grand guard. 2. Hunting.

قورچي ḳor-chī A.P. s. m. A keeper of a ward- robe.

قبه ḳubba A (from قبّ) s. m. A vault, an arch, a dome, a cupola; (hence) alcove.

قابو ḳābū T. (from Turk. قاپو ḳāpū or قپو ḳapū, A gate; q. d. by which one may enter or arrive at the object of oneʼs desire) s. m. Power, com- mand, authority, opportunity, possession, will. قابوپانا ḳābū pānā, To get advantage or power (over). قابوپرست ḳābū-parast, adj. Tyranni- cal. قابوپرستي ḳābū-parast-ī, s. f. Tyranny. قابوچلانا ḳābū chalānā, To exercise oneʼs power, to take advantage. قابوچي ḳābū-chī, adj. Despotick, tyrannical.

قلقاري ḳilḳārī H. (perhaps, from s. किलकिला)

قليه ḳaliya A (from قلا Heb. To roast or broil) s. m. The name of a dish; also, a kind of soap- ashes.