قانون ḳānūn G. (Gr. kanwn) s. m. 1. Rule, regula- tion, statute, canon, institute, system. 2. A dulcimer, or harp. قانونگو ḳānūn-go, s. m. An officer in each district, acquainted with its cus- toms, the nature of the tenures of the land, &c. قانونگوٴي ḳānūn-go-ī, s. f. The office of a ḳā- nūn-go, q. v.

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.

قرول ḳaraul T. s. m. for قراول ḳarāwal, q.v.

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

قوال ḳauwāl A (adj. superl. of قول) 1. s. m. A kind of musician, a singer. 2. adj. Speaking.

قندهار ḳandhār H. (corrupt. of کهـنڐار) n. prop. Name of a country.

قساوت ḳasāwat A (from قسا Heb. To be hard) s. f. Hardness of heart, grief, anguish, pain, chagrin.

قاصد ḳāṣid A (part. act. of قصد) s. m. A courier, an express, a messenger, envoy, postman.

قرينه ḳarīna A (from قرن) s. m. 1. Context, conjecture, similarity, analogy, symmetry, corre- spondence, connexion, regularity, order. 2. Cause.

قضاق ḳaẓẓāḳ U s. m. Robber, brigand, free- booter.