قتيل ḳatīl A part. (of قتل) Killed, murdered. A. P. قحبگي ḳaḥba-gī (comp. of قحبه and Pers. particle گي) s. f. Whoredom, fornication.

قوس ḳaus A 1. s. f. A bow; the arc of a circle. 2. s. m. The sign of the archer, Sagittarius. قوس قزح ḳaus-i-ḳuzaḥ, s. f. The rainbow. (dual, قوسين ḳausain, Two bows). T.P. قوش خانه ḳush-ḵẖāna (Turkish قوش A bird) s. m. An aviary.

قفا ḳafā A s. f. The back of the head, occiput, nape of the neck; behind, after.

قصبات ḳaṣbāt A s. plur. (of قصبه) Towns.

قصوز ḳuṣūr A (from قصر) s. m. 1. Defect, fault, want, faultiness, deficiency, miss, omission, failure, failing, blame. قصور کرنا ḳuṣūr karnā, To fail, to be deficient. 2. plur. (of قصر) Palaces.

قلزم ḳulzum A s. m. 1. A sea. 2. n. prop. The red sea. A.P. قلعچه ḳilʼaﻌ-cha (dimin. of قلعه) s. m. A re- doubt.

قطعه ḳit̤ʼaﻌ A s. m. 1. A section, a cutting, a fragment, a division. 2. A strophe. قطعه بند ḳit̤ʼaﻌ-band, adj. A kind of verse, in which the meaning of the first verse of each stanza is com- pleted in the last. ¶ ḳat̤ʼﻌ or ḳut̤ʼaﻌ, A divi- sion, plot, parcel or portion of land, segment, portion; cut, shape.

قشر ḳishr A (improp. ḳashr) s. m. Peel, skin, bark, husk, rind, shell, crust.

قايزه کرنا ḳāʼịza karnā A. S̱. v. a. To tie up a horseʼs head by passing the bridle to his tail, to prevent his biting, &c. while rubbing down.

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.