قلاب ḳullāb A s. m. 1. A hook. 2. The hood put on a hawk to blind him. 3. Drawing and relaxing the string of a bow repeatedly before discharging the arrow.

قوال ḳauwāl A (adj. superl. of قول) 1. s. m. A kind of musician, a singer. 2. adj. Speaking.

قشون ḳushūn T s. A large body of troops, an army.

قلزم ḳulzum A s. m. 1. A sea. 2. n. prop. The red sea. A.P. قلعچه ḳilʼaﻌ-cha (dimin. of قلعه) s. m. A re- doubt.

قلبه ḳulba A s. m. A plough. قلبه راني ḳulba- rānī, s. f. Ploughing, driving the plough.

قياس ḳiyās A (from قيس) s. m. Measuring or comparing (by reason), judgment, opinion, sup- position, thought, guess, theory, a syllogism. قياس کرنا ḳiyās karnā, To guess, think, sup- pose.

قوتي ḳūtī H. (Panj. कुत्ती) s. f. A box.

قاطع ḳāt̤iﻌ A part. act. (of قطع) 1. Cutting, rescinding. 2. adj. Peremptory, decisive, ex- plicit. قاطع الطريق ḳāt̤iʼuﻌ-t̤-t̤arīḳ, A highway- man, a robber.

قارون ḳārūn A n. prop. A person supposed to be the same as Korah, whom the Muhammadans describe as the cousin of Moses. (On account of his riches and avarice, his name is proverbially applied to all misers).

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