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.

قايزي ḳāʼịz-ī A. s. f. A bridle used whilst cleaning a horse, a bit.

قرات ḳirʼat A (from قرأ Heb. To read) s. f. Pronunciation, reading.

قيتار ḳītār G. s. m. A guitar. (Gr. kiqa/ra).

قمري ḳumrī A s. f. A turtledove. ¶ ḳamar-ī, adj. Belonging to the moon.

قورمه ḳorma U s. m. A kind of dish.

قطامه ḳut̤t̤āma A (from قطم ḳat̤ima, Appetens coitus vel edendæ carnis fuit homo vel brutum) s. f. A strumpet, an adultress, a quean, a baggage.

قلمه ḳulma A s. m. Sausage, or any food stuffed into the intestines of animals, haggis, black pudding.

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

قفا ḳafā A s. f. The back of the head, occiput, nape of the neck; behind, after.