قمقمه ḳumḳuma A (from قمقم To collect, to hold, to be plunged in water) 1. A jug, a pitcher; (hence, in Hind.) a vessel in which the red mixture is contained with which they play at the holī. 2. A round shade or lantern.

قاقم ḳāḳum A s. m. A fine kind of ermine.

قنوط ḳunūt̤ A (from قنط) s. f. Despair.

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.

قطب ḳut̤b A s. m. 1. The iron spindle or axis on which a millstone turns. 2. The polar star, the north pole. قطب جنوبي ḳut̤b-i-janūb-ī,

قرق ḳurḳ A s. m. 1. An embargo. 2. Confisca- tion, the act of seizing, attacking, seizure. 3. Enclosure, hinderance, prevention of access.

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

قالبي ḳālib-ī A. adj. Cast in a mould, made on a mould, moulded.

قباله ḳabāla A (from قبل) s. m. A deed, writing, written agreement, contract, a bill of sale.

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