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

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.

قربان ḳurbān A (from قرب q. d. approaching, pecul. to God. ) s. m. 1. A sacrifice, victim, offering, oblation (*karpwma). 2. A quiver. قربان کرنا ḳurbān karnā, To sacrifice, to devote. قربان گاه ḳurbān-gāh, s. f. An altar. قربان هونا ḳur- bān honā, To be sacrificed or devoted.

قصر ḳaṣr A (from قصر Heb. and Ch. To cut, to abbreviate, to diminish) s. m. 1. Diminution, defect. 2. Evening twilight (q. d. defect of light). 3. An edifice, a palace, a building, an elegant villa.

قمچي ḳamchī T s. f. 1. A horse-whip. 2. A bamboo twig.

قالي ḳālī P s. f. A carpet, tapestry. See غالي.

قرض ḳarẓ A s. m. A loan, debt, money bor- rowed at interest. قرض حسنه ḳarẓ-i-ḥasana, Money lent without interest, and repaid at the pleasure of the borrower. قرض خواه ḳarẓ-

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.

قيس ḳais A n. prop. Name of a celebrated Ara- bian lover.

قوميت ḳaum-īyat A. s. f. Connexion, being of the same tribe, &c.