قلندر ḳalandar A s. m. 1. A kind of monk, who deserts the world, wife, friends, &c. and travels about with shaven head and beard. 2. The fly of a tent.

قماش ḳumāsh A (vulg. ḳimāsh) s. m. 1. Breeding, manners. 2. Trifles. 3. Goods, furniture of every kind. 4. Close or thick texture (in cloth, paper, &c.), texture, any thing heaped or collected together. ¶ ḳimāsh, Name of a suit at cards: see under تاج tāj.

قال ḳāl A (Heb. ) s. m. 1. A word, a saying. 2. Loquaciousness. 3. Boasting, egotism. قال مارنا ḳāl mārnā, 1. To be very loquacious. 2. To rebuke, to reproach. قال مقال ḳāl maḳāl, s. m. Altercation, wrangling, confabulation.

قز ḳaz P. (from Pers. کژ) s. m. Silk.

قصر ḳaṣr A (from قصر Heb. and Ch. To cut, to abbreviate, to diminish) s. m. 1. Diminution, defect. 2. Evening twilight (q. d. defect of light). 3. An edifice, a palace, a building, an elegant villa.

قحط ḳaḥt̤ A s. m. Famine, dearth. قحط زده ḳaḥt̤-zada, adj. Overwhelmed with dearth, fa- mished. قحط سالي ḳaḥt̤-sāl-ī, s. f. Famine, dearth.

قصايد ḳaṣāʼịd A s. plur. of قصيده ḳaṣīda, q. v.

قلتبان ḳaltabān P s. m. A pimp, wittol, scoun- drel, one who connives at his wifeʼs intercourse with other men.

قرباني ḳurbān-ī A. 1. adj. Devoted, sacrificed. 2. s. See قربان ḳurbān.

قضات ḳuẓāt A s. plur. (of قاضي) Judges, jus- tices. ¶ ḳaẓʼat (from قضئي ḳaẓiʼa, To rot, to spoil) s. f. Vice, disgrace, stain.