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

قرض ḳarẓ A s. m. A loan, debt, money bor- rowed at interest. قرض حسنه ḳarẓ-i-ḥasana, Money lent without interest, and repaid at the pleasure of the borrower. قرض خواه ḳarẓ-

قوم ḳaum A s. f. Tribe, sect, cast, a people, na- tion, family. قوم و خويش ḳaum-o-ḵẖẉesh, plur. m. Friends and relations.

قاهر ḳāhir A adj. m. (part. act. of قـﮩر) Vic- torious, subduing, tri- umphing. القاهره al-ḳāhira, Cairo in Egypt.

قالبي ḳālib-ī A. adj. Cast in a mould, made on a mould, moulded.

قرنفل ḳaranful G. (Gr. karuo/fullon) s. m. A clove.

قرمساق ḳurram-sāḳ U A term of abuse, pimp, cuckold, scoundrel, &c.

قـﮩقـﮩ‍ه ḳahḳaha A s. m. Loud laughter, horse- laugh. قـﮩقـﮩ‍ا کرنا ḳahḳahā karnā, or قـﮩقـﮩ‍ه مارنا ḳahḳaha mārnā, To laugh heartily, to giggle.

قلت ḳillat A (from قلّ Heb. To be light or little) s. f. Littleness, penury, scarcity, want, indigence, paucity, fewness, scantiness.

قمقمه ḳumḳuma A (from قمقم To collect, to hold, to be plunged in water) 1. A jug, a pitcher; (hence, in Hind.) a vessel in which the red mixture is contained with which they play at the holī. 2. A round shade or lantern.