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

قدوم ḳudūm A (from قدم) s. m. Arrival, coming near, approach.

قراولي ḳarāwal-ī T s. f. Skirmishing.

قراد ḳarrād A s. m. A monkey-keeper, or-trainer.

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

قلم ḳalam A s. m. (by Hindūs s. f. Sans. कलम Gr. ka/lamos) 1. A reed. 2. A pen. 3. A mode of writing characters, handwriting. 4. s. f. Cuttings of trees, &c. for planting, a set, a slip. 5. A kind of firework. قلم انداز ḳalam- andāz, Throwing away the pen. قلم بند کرنا ḳalam band karnā, To take down, to write. قلم بندي ḳalam-band-ī, s. f. Signature, signing an agreement. قلم تراش ḳalam-tarāsh, s. f. A penknife. قلم جاري هونا ḳalam jārī honā, Le- vying of forces. قلمدان ḳalam-dām, s. m. An inkstand. قلمرو ḳalam-rau, s. m. Empire, sove- reignty, jurisdiction. قلم کار ḳalam-kār, An en- graver. قلم کاري ḳalam-kār-ī, s. f. Engraving. قلم کرنا ḳalam karnā, To cut. قلم کشي ḳalam- kash-ī, s. f. Writing. قلم لگانا ḳalam lagānā, To plant slips or cuttings.

قبل ḳabl A (Heb. and Chald. ) 1. s. m. The anteriour part, the front. 2. adj. First. 3. adv. Before. قبل ازين ḳabl az-īn, Before this, heretofore. ¶ ḳibal, 1. Power. 2. Plenty.

قيد ḳaid A s. f. 1. A fetter, imprisonment, bond, bondage. 2. An obligation, compact. 3. An obstacle. قيد خانه ḳaid-ḵẖāna, s. m. A prison. قيد رهنا ḳaid rahnā, To remain in bonds, in pri- son, &c. قيد کرنا ḳaid karnā, To imprison, bind, fetter, captivate. قيد هونا ḳaid honā, To be imprisoned, bound, or fettered, &c.

قميص ḳamīṣ A s. m. A shirt. (Hence, Fr. Che- mise, It. Camicia, Port. Camisa, Hind. and Beng. kamij).

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.