قند ḳand A s. m. Sugar, sugar-candy.

قرط ḳurt̤ A (Chald. from قرط ḳarat̤a, Aram. Chald. To cut, to amputate) s. m. 1. A piece, a little, a mouthful. 2. An earring.

قراول ḳarāwal T s. m. f. 1. The advanced guard of an army. 2. A sentinel, a piquet. 3. A gamekeeper.

قوقنوس ḳūḳnūs (ḳūḳnus, ḳuḳnus P or ḳuḳnūs,) s. m. The name of a bird, Phenix.

قفس ḳafas A (Heb. and Chald. To re- strain, to shut up) s. m. A cage, a lattice, network.

قلتين ḳullatain A s. m. 1. A warm bath; (hence) 2. adj. (a cup, &c.) which is in common use by many: Mīr Ḥasan says, ند يجو وه پياله جو هو قلتين na-dījo wuh pyāla jo ho ḳullatain, Give me not that cup which is hackneyed among the multitude. 3. A common prostitute.

قدير ḳadīr A adj. Powerful; an attribute of the Deity, Almighty.

قيصر ḳaiṣar L. (Lat. Cæsar. Gr. *kaisar) s. m. Cæsar, an emperour. The general name for the Greek or Turkish emperour.

قصيده ḳaṣīda A (from قصد) s. m. A poem, a long ode.

قبض ḳabẓ A (Heb. To meet together, to contract) s. f. 1. Contraction. 2. Costiveness. 3. A receipt. 4. Tax, tribute. قبض الوصول ḳabẓu-l-wuṣūl, s. f. A receipt, acknowledgment. قبض کرنا ḳabẓ karnā, To seize, take possession of. قبض هونا ḳabẓ honā, To be seized, &c.