قرب ḳurb A (Heb. ) s. m. Propinquity, proximity, nearness, vicinity, adjacency; kin- dred, relationship.

قشعريره ḳushaﻌrīra A s. Horrour, hair standing on end.

قل ḳul A s. m. Reading of the sūra or chapter of the ḳurʼān, entitled ḳul huwa-l-lāh; which is done, by way of benediction, over fruits and sweetmeats presented to the guests, at the conclusion of the religious annual feasts, held in commemoration of ancestors and other relations. Hence, it comes to signify conclusion. قل هو چکا ḳul ho chukā, It is all over. قل هوالله پڙهنا ḳul huwa-l-lāh paṛhnā, To grumble (the bowels), to be hungry. (See under انتڙي).

قانت ḳānit A (part. act. of قنوت) adj. 1. Obe- dient to God, devout. 2. Silent.

قلمقاني ḳilmaḳānī H s. f. A female armed atten- dant on a lady (perhaps a Calmuck).

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

قيمت ḳīmat A (from قوم) s. f. Price, value.

قـﮩقه ḳahḳah P s. A loud laugh, horselaugh. قـﮩقه مارنا ḳahḳah-mārnā, To laugh out aloud.

قصاص ḳiṣāṣ A (improp. ḳaṣāṣ from قصّ ḳaṣṣa Heb. To cut off) s. m. The law of retalia- tion. (This word is used in contradistinction to ديت diyat).

قنات ḳanāt A s. f. The walls of a tent, or can- vass enclosure with which a sort of court yard is formed in camp, a screen.