قدس ḳuds A (Heb. ) 1. s. m. Holiness, sanctity. 2. Jerusalem. 3. The angel Gabriel. 4. adj. Holy, pure.

قفل ḳufl A s. m. A lock, a bolt.

قسميه هونا ḳasam-īya honā A. S̱. v. n. To be sworn, to be bound by oath. بقسميه ba-ḳasam-īya, By oath.

قسمي هونا ḳasam-ī honā A. S̱. v. n. To be sworn, to be bound by oath.

قسمت ḳismat A s. f. (dakh. s. m.) 1. Fate, for- tune, lot. 2. Share, distribution, portion, division.

قسيس ḳissīs A s. m. A presbyter, a chief of the religious, a bishop.

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.

قوامي ḳiwām-ī A. adj. Sirup-like, sirupy.

قلفي ḳulf-ī A. (corrupt. for قفلي ḳufl-ī, Shut or locked) s. f. 1. A small ḥuḳḳa snake. 2. A cup with a cover (peculiarly, in which ice is moulded).

قاب ḳāb A (Heb. ) 1. s. f. A large dish used for serving rice, &c. in at a meal, or for kneading dough in, &c. 2. s. m. The distance be- tween the part where a bow is grasped by the hand and its extremities. قاب قوسين ḳāb-ḳau- sain, The distance of two bows, or rather of two bows from the part grasped by the hand to the extremities.