قراولي ḳarāwal-ī T s. f. Skirmishing.

قفتان ḳaftān T s. m. A robe of honour.

قافله ḳāfila A (from Chald. and Syr. To roll, fold, compress; q. d. a compact multitude) s. m. A body of travellers, a caravan. (Hence قفل To return from a journey: Willmet). قافله سالار ḳāfila-sālār, The leader, or chief of a ca- ravan. قافله باشي ḳāfila-bāshī, s. f. The chief- tainship of a caravan.

قلابه ḳulāba A (from فلب To turn) s. m. A sta- ple, hinge, link, hook, hasp.

قـﮩر ḳahr A s. m. Force, severity, chastisement, rage, fury, indignation, vengeance, judgment, calamity. قـﮩر قيامت ḳahr-ḳiyāmat, Great dis- turbance or commotion (is applied both in pane- gyrick and satire).

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.

قمچي ḳamchī T s. f. 1. A horse-whip. 2. A bamboo twig.

قرص ḳurṣ A s. m. An orb, a pellet, a ball of paste, the disk (of the sun or moon).

قميص ḳamīṣ A s. m. A shirt. (Hence, Fr. Che- mise, It. Camicia, Port. Camisa, Hind. and Beng. kamij).

قانت ḳānit A (part. act. of قنوت) adj. 1. Obe- dient to God, devout. 2. Silent.