ق ḳāf called قاف قرشت the twenty-first letter of the Arabic alphabet, does not occur in pure Persian, and has no analogous letter in Sans- krit. Its sound differs from that of ک or the

قيصر ḳaiṣar L. (Lat. Cæsar. Gr. *kaisar) s. m. Cæsar, an emperour. The general name for the Greek or Turkish emperour.

قضات ḳuẓāt A s. plur. (of قاضي) Judges, jus- tices. ¶ ḳaẓʼat (from قضئي ḳaẓiʼa, To rot, to spoil) s. f. Vice, disgrace, stain.

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

قاعده ḳāʼiﻌda A (from قعد) s. m. 1. Basis; (hence) 2. Rule, custom, institute, system, institution, manners. 3. The rules of grammar.

قدوس ḳuddūs A (from قدس) adj. Pure, holy.

قدغن ḳadag̠ẖan P s. f. Injunction, prohibition. قدغن کرنا ḳadag̠ẖan karnā, To enjoin, to prohibit.

قعر ḳaﻌr A s. m. A gulf, an abyss, the bottom (of a well, &c.). قعردريا ḳaﻌr-i-daryā, 1. The depth of a river. 2. The sea.

قطار ḳat̤ār A or ḳit̤ār (from Chald. To bind, to tie together; which meaning is preserved in II. conj. of قطر) s. f. A line, string (of animals), rank, order, series, row, range, file.

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