قصه ḳiṣṣa A (from قصّ) s. m. 1. A tale, a story, narration. (Plur. قصص ḳiṣaṣ). 2. (met. in Hind.) A quarrel, a dispute. قصه خوان ḳiṣṣa- ḵẖẉān, A storyteller. قصه کوتاه ḳiṣṣa kotāh, In short, in one word. قصه کوتاه کرنا ḳiṣṣa kotāh karnā, To settle a dispute. قصه مختصر ḳiṣṣa muḵẖtaṣar, In short.

قالب ḳālib A (part. act. of قلب) s. m. 1. A mould, model, form. 2. Bust, figure. 3. The body.

ققنوس ḳuḳnūs P s. m. The phenix, a fabulous bird.

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

قبولي ḳabūl-ī A. s. f. A kind of food, rice and pulse boiled together.

قدس سره ḳuddisa sirruhu A May his tomb be sanctified!

قدر ḳadr A or ḳadar, s. f. 1. Worth, value, price, importance, dignity. 2. Quantity, size, magni- tude, bulk, measure; degree. 3. Destiny, fate.

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.

قرةالعين ḳurratu-l-aﻌin A Coolness of eye, viz. cheerfulness, tranquillity.

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.