قساوت ḳasāwat A (from قسا Heb. To be hard) s. f. Hardness of heart, grief, anguish, pain, chagrin.

قيام ḳiyām A (from قوم) s. m. 1. Standing erect, resurrection. 2. Stability, permanence. 3. Attention. 4. Residence, settlement.

قران ḳirān A (from قرن) s. m. 1. Conjunction of

قلي ḳulī T s. m. A slave, a labourer, porter, a cooley.

قطب ḳut̤b A s. m. 1. The iron spindle or axis on which a millstone turns. 2. The polar star, the north pole. قطب جنوبي ḳut̤b-i-janūb-ī,

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

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.

قدرت ḳudrat A (from قدر) s. f. 1. Power, au- thority. 2. Omnipotence.

قدرتي ḳudrat-ī A. adj. Of omnipotence, not made or produced by man. قدرتي زنگ ḳudrat-ī-rang, 1. White. 2. Natural colour (not stained or died). A. P. قدري ḳadr-e, s. Somewhat, a little, a quantity.

قاصد ḳāṣid A (part. act. of قصد) s. m. A courier, an express, a messenger, envoy, postman.